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Azar Nafisi

Azar Nafisi appears in the following:

Watching Iran

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

What is it like to watch your country go up in flames from afar, torn apart by political dissension? Roya Hakakian, an Iranian who lives in political asylum here in the United States and is the author of Journey from the Land of No, and Azar Nafisi, ...

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Family Life in Iran

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Azar Nafisi, bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, talks about her new memoir about family life in Iran. It’s called Things I’ve Been Silent About.

Events:
Azar Nafisi will be speaking and signing books tonight at 7:30 pm.
Lincoln Square Barnes & Noble
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Overturned

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Hear new details about the case of Marty Tankleff, who served 17 years in prison before his conviction for the murder of his parents was overturned. Also, a look at the life of JB Priestley, the 18th century radical thinker who discovered oxygen. Azar Nafisi on family life in Iran. ...

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Mohammed In Denmark

Thursday, February 09, 2006

This week, throughout the Islamic world, embassies were attacked, flags burned, and journalists threatened over a series of satirical cartoons published by a Danish newspaper. Kurt Andersen and Professor Azar Nafisi discuss why the row is less about the power of an image than ...

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Us & Them, Von Trier, MacHomer

Saturday, September 27, 2003

Kurt Andersen and Azar Nafisi talk about how artists around the world view American art and culture.

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