Yasmina Reza

Critical Analysis: Daughter of Persia Daughter of Persia is about a young girls journey through life after being born in Iran. She was born to the third wife of her father and was his 15th child. Shazdeh, her father, had 36 children to eight different wives. She lived in Tehran on a compound with the rest of her family. Shazdeh believed in all of his children being educated and active, even though this wasn’t common for girls at the time. This set Saitti apart from other woman throughout her…

revolutionaries like Ali Shari’ati acted. But many of the conspiracy theories that prevailed were not without legitimacy; Iranians felt that imperial powers controlled their leaders—which in fact they did. For example, it was the British who helped Reza Khan rise to power just as it was the CIA with Britain’s MI6 that overthrew Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in the 1953 coup, fearing that the “wily Oriental” was a threat to their power. This rising discontent in a modern working class…

revolution. By 1979 the stage was set for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who because of cunning historical and political maneuverings was able to use politics, religion, and a little bit of trickery to persuade the people of Iran to overthrow Mohammad Reza Shah. In the years leading up to the actual revolution in 1979, Shah Pahlavi had done a good job of making himself unpopular with the people in his country. Among the…

The well-known philosophy of Natural laws—or rights—is acknowledged by most human beings. The right to earn a living for oneself, and be able to pursue anything; is greatly treasured by everybody. But there always has and will be a continuous battle of restricting others rights. Looking into the Islamic world, it has been male-ruled for the longest of time. Men have controlled everything that women do in that sector of the globe. From what they wear, if they are allowed out of the household,…

face the army in chaos and violence 2. According to Marji the King is chosen by God. Her rationale was that her teacher had told her so and it was written in front of their schoolbooks. Her father did not agree with this and tells her the story of how Reza Shah came overthrew the emperor of…

service devised a plan to overthrow Mossadegh and replace him with a leader who would be more receptive to the interest of the West(1) In August 1953, Mossadegh was overthrown, and a new government was established. The new Prime Minister, Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi instituted the Shah government, a secular,…

In the later 20th century, nationalism encouraged countries to reject foreign influence around the world, as seen by the Iranian Revolution, the creation of the Organization of African Unity, and the Solidarity Movement. The Iranian Revolution was a revolt against the Shah, a leader put into power by a foreign country (the US). Because of his secular rule and his numerous connections with the US, Iranians revolted and created the Islamic Republic of Iran. (Dove, Global Developments 1950s-1980s…

Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari on a film regarding the revolution in 2009. It serves the purpose of observing the history in hindsight which is of value. The documentary contains present and antique motion pictures relating to the fall of Mohammad Reza Shah (of Iran from 1941-1979), Maziar was able to extensively research on the matter of the conflict, he was able to come up with his own conclusion behind the revolution which is of value, however despite his information ‘usefulness’ comes…

has a 38-year-old wife. He was as thin as a grain of rice, had night black hair, worked at the University of Tehran, and just like him, the rest of his extended family lived in Tehran too. In Iran, many people were mad at the “Shah”, or King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi for being too westernized, so in 1979, the Shah was overthrown by an Islamist extremist named Ayatollah Khomeini. This opened the gates for the Islamic Republic to be established, and for Khomeini to become the supreme ruler.…

the Shi 'a clergy and the working class who saw modernization as an opposition to their way of life. This opposition to the Shah and his reforms came strongest from the Shi 'a clergy and in particular a priest name Ruhollah Khomeini who saw Mohammad Reza Shah as a pawn of the foreign powers. In response to a speech given by Khomeini, denouncing the Shah as a tyrant and his reforms as self-severance, the Shah had the priest detained in the city of Qom then arrested and transferred to Tehran on…