Publications
2024
Scholarly publications
Noorian, Z. (2024). “Must Build Again”: A Love Poem for Hope and Resistance. Web publication/site, Universiteit Utrecht.
Noorian, Z. (2024). Parvīn Iʿtisāmī’s Eloquent Response to Patriarchy. In Women Poets Iranica Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation.
Noorian, Z. (2024). Nakhshabī (d. 751/1350) on the Nose. In Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East: Volume 2: 600–1500 (pp. 304-314). (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East; Vol. 182.2). Brill. [DOI] [Repository]
Noorian, Z. (2024). Jamāl al-Dīn Sāvī’s Codification of Qalandarī Rites and Rituals. In A.-A. Seyed-Gohrab (Ed.), Sufi Non-Conformism: Antinomian Trends in the Persianate Traditions (pp. 61-134). Leiden University Press.
Noorian, Z. (2024). King and Concubine: Is Rūmī As Forgiving in Love As He Is Depicted Online?. Web publication/site, Universiteit Utrecht.
2023
Scholarly publications
Noorian, Z. (2023). Parvin Etesami in the Literary and Religious Context of Twentieth-Century Iran: A Female Poet's Challenge to Patriarchy. Leiden University Press. [DOI]
Noorian, Z. (2023). Transformation of a Concept: Death from ‘Resting Place of Love’ to ‘Beauty’s Solitariness’. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Noorian, Z. (2023). Noorian, Z., “Book Review of Alexandre Papas, Thus Spake the Dervish, Sufism, Language, and the Religious Margins in Central Asia, 1400-1900, Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2019,” in Persica: International Journal of Persian and Iranian Studies, No. xxviii, 2023-2024, pp. 217-222. Persica, 217-222.
Noorian, Z. (2023). Kamran Talattof. Nezami Ganjavi and Classical Persian Literature: Demystifying the Mystic, Palgrave MacMillan, Switzerland, 2022, ISBN 978-3-030-97989-8, 284 pp. Iranian Studies, 56(4), 842-845. [DOI] [Repository]
Noorian, Z. (2023). Hair:An Islamic Gendered Limit. Web publication/site, Utrecht Religie Forum. https://urf.sites.uu.nl/2023/09/15/hair-an-islamic-gendered-limit/
Noorian, Z. (2023). Jahan-Malik Khatun: A Pioneer in Transgressing Iranian-Muslim Gender Norms . Web publication/site, beyondsharia.nl. https://beyondsharia.nl/2023/06/20/jahan-malik-khatun-d-1393-a-pioneer-in-transgressing-iranian-muslim-gender-norms/
Noorian, Z. (2023). Rape and Rule. Web publication/site, beyondsharia.nl. https://beyondsharia.nl/2023/01/05/rape-and-rule/
Popularising publications
Noorian, Z. (2023). Van aardse liefde naar Goddelijke Liefde: De concubine en de koning. ZemZem: Tijdschrift over het Midden-Oosten, Noord-Afrika en islam, 19(2), 76-83. https://www.zemzemtijdschrift.nl/2023/12/van-aardse-liefde-naar-goddelijke-liefde-de-concubine-van-de-koning/ [Repository]
Noorian, Z. (2023). Transgressing the Norms of Piety: towards re-gaining dignity . In Drager Meurtant Books (pp. 56-60). Libertas.
2022
Scholarly publications
Noorian, Z. (2022). Debating Piety: Parvin E'tesami's Innovations in the Genre of Munāẓara. Persica, 27, 31-62. [DOI]
Noorian, Z. (2022). A Worn-out Veil Is Not the Foundation of Being a Muslim. Web publication/site, beyondsharia.nl. https://beyondsharia.nl/2022/09/27/a-worn-out-veil-would-not-be-the-foundation-of-being-a-muslim/
Noorian, Z. (2022). Sapling of Hope: Parvīn Iᶜtiṣāmī (1907-1941) and Her Poetry in the Literary, Religious and Cultural Context of Early 20th Century Iran. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. [DOI]
Popularising publications
Noorian, Z. (2022). 'Hope and determination': The long battle of Iranian women. Web publication/site, DUB. https://dub.uu.nl/en/opinion/long-battle-iranian-women