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Old 08-03-2007, 17:23 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Reading Lolita in Tehran = excellent book

You may also care to pick up a copy of Journey From The Land Of No, by Roya Hakakian.

Her book is about growing up as an Iranian Jew before, during, and after the Islamic Revolution.

Possible spoiler:

I'm sure you'll especially love the part where Roya and a few other Jewish Iranian students were segregated into thier own school, and the Mullah approved teacher tried to convert them to Islam with a convincing speech about the chador.

End spoiler.

It was funny reading about it...though before that, it was best repeated by Roya herself at a book lecture.
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