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I don't know." Ask a Persian? "Why no, my friend! I hate poetry! It's so antiquated!" "Oh. Do you know any good poems?" "Yes, ...
Of course you should read the classics of the Western literary canon, but if you’re short on time or patience, these screen ...
Ella Pilson is an author-in-progress based in Naarm (Melbourne). She was shortlisted for the Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers and is currently studying the Associate Degree of Professional ...
Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.
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The west’s understanding of Iran “is hopelessly inadequate and dangerously outdated”, says Iranian-American academic Nasr. In ...
So You Haven't Read Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi? This comic is about growing up in Iran during the tumultuous 1980s and the Islamic Revolution. Following the author's real-life events and ...
PARIS – French-Iranian author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, best known for the graphic novels Persepolis (2000 to 2003) and the 2007 film adaptation, has refused France’s Legion d’Honneur ...
Marjane, the girl character of Persepolis, returns in Satrapi’s book Embroideries, whose English translation was published in 2008. However, here she is not the central character.
It’s been more than two decades since Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir, Persepolis (2000), took us behind the scenes of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran. Through the everyday life of a ...