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Azar Nafisi

Azar Nafisi is the critically acclaimed author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, a long-running #1 New York Times bestseller published in thirty-two languages, and Things I’ve Been Silent About, also a New York Times bestseller. A fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, she has taught at Oxford University and several universities in Tehran.
The Republic of Imagination
Things I've Been Silent About
Reading Lolita in Tehran

How American conceptions about Iran have changed | Author Azar Nafisi

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The Republic of Imagination
Things I've Been Silent About
Reading Lolita in Tehran

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How American conceptions about Iran have changed | Author Azar Nafisi

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