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More than Lolita in Tehran

Interview with Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz, author of "Jasmine and Stars"

by Lalé Shahparaki Welsh
17-Nov-2007 (24 comments)
We live in a world which still suffers seriously from an “us” versus “them” malady. Even in the absence of such bifocality, representing another culture is a hard thing to do. Now, add the fact that Iran and the U.S. have been embroiled in almost three decades of political conflict. In other words, no one will have a perfect solution. So far the villain versus the victim model has been the one applied most often. It provides something of an immediate relief for the burning questions we have “Why revolution?”, “How to make sense of some trends in present day Iran that seem backward looking?”>>>