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2009:

  1. Discussion about Iran
    Discussion about Iran

    with Azar Nafisi, Hooman Majd and Vali Nasr on Feb 17, 2009

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    39 min
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  2. Daily Highlights Tuesday February 17, 2009
    Daily Highlights Tuesday February 17, 2009

    with Azar Nafisi, Hooman Majd and Vali Nasr on Feb 17, 2009

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    6 min
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2003:

  1. A conversation with Iranian author Azar Nafisi
    A conversation with Iranian author Azar Nafisi

    with Azar Nafisi on Apr 18, 2003

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    60 min
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Azar Nafisi is an Iranian professor and writer currently living in the United States.

Nafisi?s bestselling book “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books” has been translated into 32 languages.

Born in Iran, Nafisi is the daughter of Ahmad Nafisi, former mayor of Tehran and Nezhat Nafisi, who is among the first women to be elected to the Iranian parliament. She was sent to school in Lancaster, England at age 13, and then moved to the United States in the last year of her high school career. She received a Ph.D in English and American Literature at the University of Oklahoma.

She returned to teach at the University of Tehran but was expelled when she refused to wear the mandatory Islamic veil in 1981 and did not resume teaching until 1987. Nafisi left Iran on June 24, 1997 and moved to the United States, where she wrote “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books.”

Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azar_Nafisi