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Description

Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azar Nafisi, a bold and inspired teacher, secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. Some came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and... read more

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  • “Works of imagination that did not carry a political message were deemed dangerous”

First Sentence

In the fall of 1995, after resigning from my last academic post, I decided to indulge myself and fulfill a dream.

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  1. Azar Nafisi (Author)
 

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