READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN Azar Nafisi AUTHOR’S NOTE Aspects of characters and events in this story have been changed mainly to protect individuals‚ not just from the eye of the censor but also from those who read such narratives to discover who’s who and who did what to whom‚ thriving on and filling their own emptiness through others’ secrets. The facts in this story are true insofar as any memory is ever truthful‚ but I have made every effort to protect friends
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Karen Armstrong‚ billed on the jacket as "one of the world’s foremost scholars on religious affairs‚" comments on everything from the Christian Crusades‚ the formation of the state of Israel in 1948‚ the taking of hostages by Ayatollah Khomeini and his issuance of a fatwah on author Salman Rushdie‚ and Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam to the Taliban in her book Islam: A Short History. It is important to note that the book was published prior to the destruction that occurred in the United States
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Iran(former Persia) is a country located in the middle-east. However‚ it’s not an ARAB country and the people speak persian(farsi) NOT arabic. They are well known for being rich‚ educated‚ and good looking. They are also famous for their cats and hand-made rugs. Physical features: Persian women are said to be some of the most beautiful women in the world. They are famous for their exotic looking eyes. In general‚ Persians have black hair‚ brown eyes‚ and light brown skin. However‚ this is just a
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BENAZIR BHUTTO - THE SYMBOL OF PEACE AND DEMOCRACY Category: Common Interest - Politics Description: Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto is the symbol of peace and democracy. "You can imprison a man‚ but not an idea. You can exile a man‚ but not an idea. You can kill a man‚ but not an idea." Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was one of the kindest and most thoughtful person on earth. She was a person of great warmth‚ great beauty‚ grace‚ light‚ courage‚ and strength
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Saddam De Facto Saddam Hussein was unarguably the world’s most feared and powerful leaders. He ruled with an iron fist‚ his actions have caused fear and hate among the Iraqi citizens he ruled and people around the world. He ruled by oppression‚ with supremacy‚ committing atrocious acts such as testing chemical and biological weapons on the innocent civilians of his own country. During his time in power‚ he blatantly violated nearly all the United Nations laws that pertained to his country‚ and
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Productivity: Slumped after the economic boom 25 years after WWI Inflation: Fed by rising oil prices and Great Society/Vietnam funding w/o tax increases Vietnamization: Withdrawing 540k troops from South Vietnam‚ while training Vietnamese to fight Nixon Doctrine: A doctrine that stated that the United States would stay true to all of their existing defense commitments but Asian and other countries would not be able to rely on large bodies of American troops for support in the future.
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professionalized its military capabilities but also joined Lebanon ’s political process and enmeshed itself into the social fabric of Lebanese society. IDEOLOGY The ideological framework of Hezbollah was religious and pan-Islamic‚ regarding Khomeini and his successors as the source of authority. It aimed at the establishment of an Islamic regime in Lebanon. As such it considered the Lebanese government as
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------------------------------------------------- Tupac Shakur From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Tupac Shakur | Tupac performing Live at the House of Blues in Los Angeles‚ California on July 4‚ 1996. | Background information | Birth name | Tupac Amaru Shakur | Also known as | 2Pac‚ Makaveli‚ MC New York | Born | June 16‚ 1971 New York‚ New York‚ U.S. | Origin | Marin City‚ California‚ U.S. | Died | September 13‚ 1996 (aged 25) Las Vegas‚ Nevada‚ U.S. | Genres | Hip hop
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Student Name Professor Name Subject 8 May 2000 The Nation of Islam Historical basement Speaking about the civil rights movements in particular it is necessary to understand the subject’s definition clearly in whole. Civil rights movements appeared as political and social actions and organizations’ movements targeted on obtaining equal legal rights and responsibilities and exception of any sort of privileges based on the national‚ racial or religious characteristics. Civil rights movements
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CHALLENGE OF THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT A Third World Country Report of Iraq Name Dr. Rasool Nafisi Sociology 300 A term paper presented to the General Studies Department Strayer University Online in partial fulfillment for the completion of Sociology 300 General Studies Department (Sociology) Strayer University Online August 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS Dependency and Modernization Theories…………………………………………………… 4 Religion and Politics………………………………………………………………………………………………
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