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Reading Lolita in Tehran Lesson Plan

Related Links

History of the Islamic Republic of Iran

http://www.historytoday.com/blog/2013/07/revolutionary-iran-history-islamic-republic

This site gives a general overview of the emergence of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

World Factbook: Iran

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html

This page gives encyclopedia-like information about Iran.

An Interview with Azar Nafisi

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/26/meet-the-author-azar-nafisi-interview-viv-groskop

The Attack on Reading Lolita in Tehran

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2006/11/pawn_of_the_neocons.html

An article summarizing some prominent criticism of Nafisi's work...

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