Iran: Iranian women are not passive victims
March 16, 2007
Homeyra has excerpted a very interesting interview with Fatemeh Keshavarz.
There’s also a comparison of the cover photo from the book Reading Lolita in Tehran, and the original uncropped photo. Two very different messages!
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Jillian | March 18, 2007 at 9:57 am
Good article, thanks for linking to it! And you’re right about the covers – I hadn’t seen the original photo from the cover of that book prior to now!
I do think, though, that Azar Nafisi was treated somewhat unfairly by the journalist – she IS Iranian and suffered through all sorts of degrading treatment; her perspective is not that of an orientalist- it is one perspective allowed by someone on the inside (and there are of course, many other perspectives).
I just think it’s unfair for her to criticize Nafisi for not including all aspects of Iranian society – she was writing about her perspective – not about all of Iranian society – and given the harsh treatment she suffered through from the Iranian police, I think her perspective is fair (I really hope you read the book – I’ll feel so stupid for babbling!)
If I were to write a book about my feelings on the American government and were to leave out all of the wonderful things about America, would that be so unfair?
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proggiemuslima | March 18, 2007 at 10:05 am
Haven’t read the book. But it’s on my ever-growing list of 200+ books I intend to read — some day!