For some background on Saadia Toor, see the below thread on PEN-L:
http://www.mail-archive.com/pen-l@sus.csuchico.edu/msg24491.html
> - who are extremely critical of Doug Ireland's writing on
> Iran.
I would be a bit sceptical, myself, of identity-based activism/ analysis -- while it is understandable, it is more prone to exaggeration, selectivity, etc.
--ravi