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2009 Iran Election: Women's Revolution? Twitter Revolution?

1. How did Iranian women "unveil" and use the blogosphere to challenge well-established cultural and social inequalities in Iran?
2. What are the major topics that Iranian women bloggers have discussed online since the rise in social media popularity in 2001?
3. With the increasing publicness of their voice, women have been perceived as a threat to the patriarchal system, what dangers do these female bloggers face?
4. What led to the vast participation of Iranian women in 2009 Iranian presidential election events?
5. How do Iranian woman use network technology for their activism, especially during the June/July protests?
6. Despite the widespread reporting of the role of Twitter during the Iranian election, what significance did it really have? was this really a "Twitter Revolution"?
7. How has the government responded? How and to what degree have they been successful in silencing women's voices?
8. Will Iranian women's participation online progress into a sociopolitical transformation and gender equality?
9. How does female Iranian use of emerging media differ from other marginalized groups?
10. What lessons might other marginalized groups learn from the Iranian female blogosphere?