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Ta An Setareh (Up to that Star) (Part One)

A Narrative of Zahra Shojaei Life and Struggles

Translated by Mandana Karimi

2026-05-28

The book "Ta An Setareh (Up to that Star)" by Tayyebeh Pazuki is one of the oral history works of Sooreh Mehr Publications, which narrates the turbulent life of Zahra Shojaei in the context of contemporary history. As an influential religious activist and politician, she was present for many years in various fields, including the presidency of the Center for Women's Participation Affairs, teaching at the university, and consulting in ministries. She was from the generation of women who, during the Islamic Revolution, came from the margins to the text to realize the ideals of their generation.

In the first part of this photo album that is now in front of you, very interesting documents and photos from her childhood, adolescence, and youth have been collected. Viewing manuscripts and poems from her school days, family photos from different periods, as well as interesting documents related to her questionnaire and correspondence before her marriage to Mr. Tavana, familiarizes the audience with the family roots and intellectual concerns of this active lady in the years before the revolution. We invite you to watch this section below.

 

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Family tree (Ms. Shojaei has added her own name and two other brothers)

 

 

Example of extracurricular literature work during high school

 

 

Note-taking from favorite books during adolescence

 

 

First page of the poem “Message from an Iranian Mother to a Palestinian Mother”

 

 

A page of the poem “The Prisoner”

 

 

A page of the poem “Poet of Today”

 

 

First page of the poem “In Mourning a Throne”

 

 

First page of the recitation of “I Didn’t Ask”

 

 

Certificate of exemption from military service

 

 

A page of Mr. Tavana’s answers to the questions on the marriage request

 

 

Zahra Shojaei’s consent to Mr. Tavana’s marriage request

 

 

First page of Mr. Tavana’s answer to Zahra Shojaei

 

 

Seyed Mohammad Shojaei (grandfather)

 

 

Seyed Mohammad Shojaei (grandfather)

 

 

Seyed Ali Shojaei (father)

 

 

Parichehra Sadeghipour (mother)

 

 

Zahra Shojaei (three years old)

 

 

Zahra Shojaei (5) (age)

 

 

Mashhad, first row from left: first person Seyyed Ali Shojaei (father) - second person Seyyed Abbas Shojaei (uncle) - last person Seyyed Hassan Shojaei (uncle).Second row from left: Second row Seyyed Ahmad Shojaei (uncle) - Last row Seyyed Nasrallah Shojaei (uncle). Third row from left: First row Seyyed Masoud Shojaei (brother) - Second row Seyyed Mehdi (Mohammad) Shojaei (cousin).

 

 

Al-Ghadir delegation. First row, seated from left: Second and third row Seyyed Mahmoud and Seyyed Masoud (brothers) - Sixth row Seyyed Ali Shojaei (father) and twelfth row Seyyed Hussein Shojaei (uncle)

 

 

Iraq, Khanaqin, 1340, from right: Maliha (sister) - Parichehra Sadeghipour (mother) - Seyyed Mohammad Shojaei (grandfather) - Zahra Shojaei - Shahrbanoo Amouei (grandmother) - Ehtar Sadat Shojaei (aunt)

 

 

Rudsar coast: Seyyed Mehdi Shojaei (brother) - Zahra Shojaei - Seyyed Ali Shojaei (father)

 

 

 
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