Iran–Contra affair

The Importance of Lenny as the Narrator of Deepa Mehta’s Earth Often times, the narrator of a story plays a crucial role in the portrayal of events and characters. Deepa Mehta recognizes the importance of the narrator in her film Earth, which tells the story of Partition as witnessed by Lenny, an 8-year-old Parsee girl. The film takes place in Lahore in 1947, in the time directly before and during Partition. At the beginning of the film, Lenny spends most of her time with her nanny Shanta, a…

A Separation is a 2011 Iranian drama, set in present-day Iran, directed by Asghar Farhadi. The movie revolves around religiosity, ethics and love. The movie is a roller-coaster of different emotions and events. It deals with different relationships in an Iranian context. The movie starts with a couple, Simin and Nader, in front of a magistrate having a divorce hearing. Simin sees divorces as the only option to be able to move abroad to have a better life for her daughter, since Nader doesn’t…

and in early December upwards total of 9 million people all over Iran march against the Shah and his monarchy (Kurzman, 2004). In an effort to calm the hostilities the then Prime Minister Shapour Bakhtiar urged Mohammad Reza Shah to leave Iran, on January 16, 1979 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his family left Iran (BBC, 1979). Hours after the Shah’s fleeing of Iran the public wiped away any remnants of the Shah’s dynasty throughout Iran, additionally, Prime Minister Bakhtiar, who also opposed the…

since WWII, with 19.5 million refugees seeking asylum. Many citizens are debating whether to allow refugees within United States borders. Over one-third of all refugee arrivals, or 24,579, came from the Near East in 2015—a region that includes Iraq, Iran, Bhutan, and Afghanistan (American Immigration Council, para.4). In a study, 59% of Americans said the U.S. is at war with radical Islam, and 5 out of 10 said they wouldn’t want a mosque built near their home (Ingraham, para. 5). The focus is on…

The Islamic Republic of Iran is a nation that is often characterized by its theocratic nature that seems foreign to most westerners. This mixture of God and government comes from a long history of religion and government being used jointly to create a better Iran for the people. Previously to 1979, Iran was used by western countries because of its rich natural resources, especially oil with the introduction of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. When Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi became the leader, he…

Rhetorical Analysis: Shirin Ebadi Nobel Lecture Shirin Ebadi is the first Nobel Peace Laureate from the Islamic world. Ebadi, an attorney, also happened to have been Iran’s first female judge. She took up the struggle for fundamental human rights, especially for women and children, following her dismissal from the role of a judge as a result of Iran’s Islamic Revolution of 1979. On the occasion of the award on December 10, 2003 at the Oslo City Hall, in Oslo, Norway, Ebadi, after expressing…

Dora Friedman Grant V Spring Research Paper Gamal Abdel Nasser: The Voice of the Arabs, The Champion of Egypt In 1952 Gamal Abdel Nasser staged a coup d’etat and abolished the Monarchy of King Farouk in Egypt. He came into power with a challenge: Egypt did not yet have full independence from Britain. In order to rally the people behind him and achieve his goal, Nasser unified Egyptians through Pan Arabism, a type of Arab Nationalism. In addition, Nasser spread his ideologies through…

What do you think of when you hear the name of the country Iran? The book Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi is written about a ten-year-old girl named Marji living in Iran during the revolution. Although there are many apparent differences between us and Marji, the author was able to show that we and our ways of life are very similar. The Iranian revolution was a time of great turmoil and conflict, with a lot of violence, oppression, and fear. This may seem sound bad, but this is not far…

make important decisions. Perspective is an intensely powerful item that is individualized to every person. Marjane Satrapi’s perspective in Persepolis affected her view on religion, her losing of innocence, and knowledge on the social classes of Iran. Throughout the novel, Marjane experiences events that’ll shape her and her view on the world for a long time. The pictures shown in this essay are chosen to provide a more symbolic message relating to the events that Satrapi experienced. In order…

Revolution, the author compares it to Gatsby's dream. Evidence of Theme Analysis of quote " As if I were walking on air, as if I had being written into being and then erased in a quick swipe" (Nafisi 167). This quote shows that all women in Iran are controlled by the strict rules that prevents them from certain restrictions and rules. " You remember those days the regime went crazy attacking the Mujahideen" (Nafisi 191). This quote describes all the hardships all Iranian women had…