High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident is a book by Parvin Darabi, an Iranian critic of Islam. The book is about Parvin`s sister, Dr. Homa Darabi, who on February 21, 1994 committed suicide by immolation in a city square in Tehran, Iran to protest the "slavelike" treatment of women in Iran. The book details Dr. Darabi`s life leading up to this moment, addressing women`s rights in Iran during the monarchy and after the Islamic Revolution.