Iran

The Iran-Iraq war impacted both the woman and children of Iraq as the war left “many of them widows and orphans (Ahmed 158). Huda Ahmed claims that approximately 160,000 to 240,000 Iraqi soldiers were killed during the war, with figures of the actual number…

still way far behind and it’s not right. And sure there is still a problem with women’s rights and the sexism all over the world, even here in the United States. But if you go to Iran or a lot of these countries in the Middle East…

Miriam is a 27-year-old Christian mum who had a great job as a reporter in Iran, she was a “fashionista” and loved walking in high heels. However, when the Islamic Regime came, they took over the station she worked for, and censured all the pieces the new station was writing about, in top of that, they fired Miriam because of the way she was dressed, since she did not want to cover herself, however, later on, she was pushed to the limited to do so, just to not to be killed by the Iranian…

The identity of the modern era Iran was established during the Safavid dynasty (1501-1736), which established Shi’a Islam as the official religion of the Empire. The greatest of the Safavid monarchs, Shah Abbas I the Great (1587-1629) came to power in 1587 aged 16. Abbas was not only successful against the Ottoman Empire in the war of 1603-1618, but he also dislodged the Portuguese from Bahrain in 1602 and Hormuz in 1622. However the Safavids were in decline at the start of the 18th century.…

Satrapi tells her story through a young, rebellious, Iranian woman's point of view. In the unique point of view of Satrapi, she expresses her own opinions and views on themes such as religion, social classes, and danger in Iran. Her personal perspective on these issues in Iran, allow for impact on the way she writes. Because of this, Marjane Satrapi’s naive perspective influences the depiction of religion, social classes, and danger in the story Persepolis. In Satrapi’s description of her…

character in Persepolis, a memoir describing the difficulties she faced adjusting to Islamic rule in Iran during the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Satrapi’s use of comics and dialogue effectively retells the hardships endured by the Iranian people during a process of revolution. Ultimately, Persepolis describes the clash of ideologies, modernism and fundamentalism, the way in which it reshaped Iran, and to what degree the emergence of new regulations, limitations on rights and freedoms,…

“I am an idiot” thinking it was a bad word. After the revolution Americans had thought they knew everything about Iran and its people and they have strong opinions about it. Summary: The story “With a little help from my friends” is an excerpt from a non-fiction story written by Firoozeh Dumas. The story introduces the Dumas family when they have just moved to the United States from Iran. The narrator describes her immigrant experience as a fairly simple and non-discriminatory occurrence. She…

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi tells the story of Marjane’s life as she grows up in Iran during the Iranian revolution. In the beginning, Marjane is young and naive, not fully understanding the impact of the war. Throughout the graphic novel, she experiences a series of major life events, including moving to Austria and losing her beloved Uncle Anoosh. By the end of the graphic novel, however, these events have strengthened her, creating a strong, independent woman who knows the…

Neil MacGregor analyzed the Cyrus Cylinder in the context in which it was written, the era it was found, and in a modern middle east. in the original context he look at what it meant to the Persians as saw it as a sign of how they ran a multiethnic state. one in which the rulers must accept that different regions have different religions languages on norms. some of these were inferred by the message on the cylinder letting concurred peoples return to their homes and establishing some basics…

It is very common for a novel that is turned into a movie to have some differences. The novel and film Persepolis, do have little differences but I think the overall purpose is the same. One small difference is the starting of the novel and film. The novel is in chronological order starting right from Marji childhood. In the movie, the opening scene is of adult Marji sitting in an airport in Paris. While sitting in the airport she begins to have flashbacks of her past and childhood. This new…