Category: iran

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+ books, iran, john a williams, Leila Silmani, library, lillian e smith, reading, william gardner smith

How Do You Choose What to Read?

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Each semester, I inevitably share my musical tastes with students. This may arise when I play background music while students do some in class writing, or it may arise when we discuss a specific topic and that topic reminds me a song. This semester, I shared with students some of my musical tastes, specifically my love for punk, hardcore, and metal. Their initial reaction, … Read More How Do You Choose What to Read?

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+ graphic memoir, graphic novels, iran, marjane satratpi, memoir, persepolis

We Must Keep You Afraid Because When You Are Afraid, You Are Not Free

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Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis covers a large period of time following the Islamic Revolution in Iran during the later 1970s. While the memoir traces Satrapi’s journey as her and her family navigate the authoritarianism that followed the revolution, her own experiences and insight provide us with insights into the psychological impacts of authoritarianism and the ways that it works to essentially squash any form of self-thought and … Read More We Must Keep You Afraid Because When You Are Afraid, You Are Not Free

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