Well, that was in 1995 when I resigned from my last academic job. Azar Nafisi academicjobresign Change image and share on social
When I was teaching at the University of Tehran we were struggling against the implementation of the revolution rules. Azar Nafisi implementationrevolutionrule Change image and share on social
Lots of times you can feel as an exile in a country that you were born in. Azar Nafisi bearcountryexile Change image and share on social
My passion has always been books and literature, and teaching. Azar Nafisi bookliteraturepassion Change image and share on social
The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and culturally determined, but universal. Azar Nafisi culturallydemocracydetermine share on social
In the past 30 years, officials of the Iranian regime and its apologists have labeled criticism, especially with regard to women's rights, as anti-Islamic and pro-Western, justifying its brutalities by ascribing them to Islam and Iran's culture. Azar Nafisi antiapologistascribe share on social
Thus the regime has deprived Iranian women not just of their present rights, but also of their history and their past. Azar Nafisi deprivehistoryiranian Change image and share on social
America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it loses its poetry? Azar Nafisi americabasehappen Change image and share on social
