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Reading "Lolita" in Tehran: A Memoir in Books - Azar Nafisi

Description: ISBN 0007178484 / Genre: Biography / Author: Azar Nafisi / Edition: New edition / Paperback / 368 Pages / Book is published 2004-02-02 by ... more

Reading "Lolita" in Tehran: A Memoir in Books - Azar Nafisi ... Fourth Estate Ltd

Newest Review: ... the events that led up to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the installation of Ayatollah Khomeini, the renaming of the country as ... more

... the Islamic Republic of Iran and the resultant imposition of an extreme, some may say perverted, interpretation of Islamic Law. As Nafisi watched all her freedoms, freedoms we in the West take for granted, taken away from her and her fellow citizens by the male-dominated regime, she came to realise that her work of bringing great literature to a wider audience was becoming impossible. In not inconsiderable danger and with the moral support of her liberal husband, she decides that she will continue her work in sec...more

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Reading "Lolita" in Tehran: A Memoir in Books - Azar Nafisi: ...and living to tell the tale. (873 words)
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We all read daily about events that occur in foreign lands but it is very difficult to know what is fact and what is propaganda. We all like to think that what we read in the media is something like the truth but only when you read a first-hand account do you get a glimpse of how things are. Iran, Zimbabwe and North Korea are prime examples. Such secretive societies work hard to obscure the true workings of their regimes. For instance, what is the truth about the "election" of Ahmadinejad? Did he, as his opponents claim, steal the election, Bush Jr style, or was he truly elected by the majority will of the people? What really goes on ... Read the complete review

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