Reza Shah

January of 1978 was the beginning of ten years of dark times for Iran. The people of Iran had to suffer through a revolution, a new government, and a war. Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi is a book featuring a young girl Marji who was growing up while these negative events were happening. Marji had to face many issues growing up with her parents, herself, the war, and the new government. Marji was able to get through these events, however it was not without deaths, violence, and negativity.…

her autobiographical graphic novel, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, Marjane Satrapi tells of her childhood during the Islamic Revolution and the subsequent Iran-Iraq War. She lived in Tehran, Iran’s capital city, and was ten years old when the Shah fled Iran to escape the revolution. The 1979 revolution overturned the existing political order, thus creating what appeared to be an atmosphere for idealized social change and progress. The revolution was situated unquestionably in Marxist…

In 2004, two successful authors, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Irshad Manji met over an interview and bonded immediately due to their passion for the same cause. They are two Muslim rebel’s sisters who are against radical Islam. Both have been targets for death threats due to their support for the feminist movement and for their rebellion against Islam and require constant protection. Ms. Hirsi Ali rejects Islam while Ms. Manji is a practicing Muslim who is against Sunni Islam. She aims to reform some of…

King Mohammad Zahir Shah was on the throne and the countries government was stable (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica 2007). During this time women were treated as equals, they had the right to vote, work, and choose the men they could marry. They wore shirts and didn’t have to cover their faces. (Thornhill 2014). Although women were treated well during King Shah reign, it wasn’t until he was overthrown in 1973, by his brother-in-law Mohammed…

One of our major and consent activities is making decisions. There are those decisions that we make from our own choosing, but most of the time they are forced upon us. Good and bad decisions help in shaping our future. Sometimes, though, life puts us into a position where we are forced to make an ultimate decision, one way or another. In the story, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the audience learns about decisions that could impact your life in various ways. Hosseini wrote about the life…

The Fascinatingly Lone Survivor A rush of adrenaline enters your body, making the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Shivers run down and through out your whole body as those first few pictures appear on the screen. Every bit of attention is dragged from within realizing its all real life, and not another fiction movie. Thus, making it that much more exciting. The build up of emotions for our military personnel, The Loan Survivor instills deep down while your sitting on the tip of that…

Good evening everyone. If we look back for a century and according to the history, we no longer have to have a diploma from a major university in the United States of America, Afghanistan or any nation around the world to run a country. Vice President and later President Amin, was a Columbia graduated who sold his motherland to the Russians, and killed thousands and thousands of his own Afghan people in Afghanistan. And even the ones before and after him, who are responsible for the lives of…

The ethnography of Meddle East by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea in the story of “Guests of the Sheik” remind me my own town in my home country. Being from Medial East most of the cultural norms and Islamic roles in the story looked quite familiar with the cultural norms and Islamic roles back in my country. Lived all the way down on the other side of the ocean, I personal experienced most of the life experience of Fernea, which she mentioned in her story “Guests of the Sheik”. Elizabeth Warnock…

Lone Survivor Analysis In 2014 “Lone Survivor” the movie released. This movie is based on of the true story of what happened to four United States Navy Seals during operation Redwing. This movie is one of the best of all time, because of how well sound, colors, and camera angles are used to add effect to the movie. These three elements help you understand the situation more, along with getting a better perspective on what the characters are actually feeling (Lone Survivor). In the very…

the new reality in Afghanistan (Cramer and Goodhand 2002). Ethnic alliances were formed against one another. Before the start of the civil war, most of the Mujahedeen parties rejected several attempts of a power-sharing government. Even though Ahmad Shah Masood, the legendary guerilla fighter proposed an agreement on power-sharing government among leaders of Mujahedeens before the civil war begun, yet the negotiation failed and fighting began in various parts of the country (Schmitt 2009, 254).…