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TheNewportDaily: Salve announces graduation speakers, honorary degree recipients

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TannerHumCenter: Azar Nafisi was our guest for the 2022 Tanner Talk.

mistyclxuds: "the last book u read?" - reading lolita in tehran by azar nafisi

ArtVandelay2021: Dr. Azar Nafisi, Iranian-American author, scholar and human rights advocate, to speak at Salve Regina’s commencement - What'sUpNewp

soy_bernromanek: “You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place. Like you'll not only miss the people you love but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and this place because you'll never be this way ever again.” Azar Nafisi

Akemichan7: 3 of 5 stars to Leggere Lolita a Teheran by Azar Nafisi

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redthreadwomen: Today's inspirational woman: Azar Nafisi! Her experiences trying to provide education to Iranian women led to her to write her bestselling book Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, published after she immigrated to the United States.

Saurabh71068071: "Memories have ways of becoming independent of the reality they evoke. They can soften us against those we were deeply hurt by or they can make us resent those we once accepted and loved unconditionally." ~Azar Nafisi (Lolita in Tehran)

IMESatGWU: Happy International Womans day! Join us tonight as we hear from Azar Nafisi discussing the women-led protests in Iran and her experiences as a feminist and an Iranian woman in exile. Make sure to RSVP at

IranWireEnglish: Our interview with Azar Nafisi, academic and author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, on similarities between the Republic of Gilead and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the ongoing protests in the country and the role of literature in social movements.

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IMESatGWU: Join IMES in person as we celebrate International Womens Day on March 8th! This year's event will feature Azar Nafisi, renowned Iranian-American author of Reading Lolita in Tehran and Read Dangerously, amongst other books. RSVP:

dx__ama: And yes I am talking about Azar Nafisi. How did you guess?

Sepsideh: Assassins of the Turquoise Palace - Roya Hakakian The Emergence of Iranian Nationalism - Reza Zia-Ebrahimi Days of Blood, Days of Fire - Bahman Jalali Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi

ElliottSchoolGW: Hear from Azar Nafisi, renowned Iranian-American author, at the 2023 International Women's Day Event. Nafisi will discuss the women-led protests in Iran and her experiences as a feminist and an Iranian woman in exile. Learn more here:

IPDGC: Celebrate International Women's Day with us! RSVP here for Woman, Life, Freedom with Azar Nafisi:

IMESatGWU: Join IMES in person as we celebrate International Womens Day on March 8th! This year's event will feature Azar Nafisi, renowned Iranian-American author of Reading Lolita in Tehran and Read Dangerously, amongst other books. RSVP:

2019Sugar: “You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place. Like you'll not only miss the people you love but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you'll never be this way ever again.” -Azar Nafisi

aqsaiqbalkhatri: I no longer believe that we can keep silent. We never really do, mind you. In one way or another we articulate what has happened to us through the kind of people we become. - Azar Nafisi, Things I Have Been Silent About

JillRitesComedy: I taught Sula by Toni Morrison The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

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qc: "You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way ever again." — Azar Nafisi

hound5094: "The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream."- Azar Nafisi ~Neel~ PRIYANKA WON FOR LIFE

EyeonIRN_PAK: Azar Nafisi On Iranian Women And Atwood’s Republic of Gilead

IranWireEnglish: Our interview with Azar Nafisi, academic and author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, on the similarities between the Republic of Gilead and Islamic Republic of Iran, the ongoing protests in the country and the role of literature in social movements.

mokasf: On page 153 of 356 of Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi

ShahKarimUllah2: You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place, I told him, like you'll not only miss the people you love but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you'll never be this way ever again. Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran

mokasf: On page 137 of 356 of Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi

Godgift64107811: I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality. -Azar Nafisi kalim~ SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE

Godgift64107811: America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it loses its poetry? -Azar Nafisi kalim~ SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE

Godgift64107811: This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime, who degrades Islam? Who imposes stoning, forced marriage of underage girls and flogging for not wearing the veil? Do such practices represent Iran's.. -Azar Nafisi kalim~ SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE

JMDReid: “Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction always forced us to question what we took for granted. It questioned traditions and expectations when they seemed to immutable.” --Azar Nafisi

priyankasacheti: Azar Nafisi’s Things I Have Been Silent About, Madhur Jaffrey’s Climbing The Mango Trees, and Sara Suleri’s Meatless Days are few I have really appreciated reading

mokasf: On page 99 of 356 of Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi

susieq2457: Azar Nafisi: "You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place, I told him, like you'll not only miss the people you love but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you'll never be this way ever again."

JMDReid: “Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction always forced us to question what we took for granted. It questioned traditions and expectations when they seemed to immutable.” --Azar Nafisi

asadamraee: Azar Nafisi was a lecturer at our university in Tehran.

AhmdIntrouble: Yet you're being played at the hands of Azar Nafisi so brilliantly that you feel like you've handed your heart out to her to hold in her fist and she clenches it or pets it as she pleases. You start a journey from Nabokov and from Fitzgerald to James and to Austen.

WoeToChorazin: By no means is this thread a defense of the establishment in Tehran. People are being killed by the regime every day. A whole generation is being radicalized as we speak. But pretending that Azar Nafisi or Masih Alinejad speak for the people of Iran is offensive and naive.

ChetanG08250742: You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place, like you'll not only miss the people you love but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and this place because you'll never be this way ever again. - Azar Nafisi

ManifestStefany: 5 of 5 stars to Read Dangerously by Azar Nafisi

ldemoissac: "Read Dangerously: The subversive power of literature in troubled times" by Azar Nafisi

gruntvegan: "Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent." ~ Azar Nafisi

TankussArt: "You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn’t exist." ~Azar Nafisi

A22u4A22u: "You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way ever again." --Azar Nafisi Artwork | Jocelin Carmes

_lexxxxit: from the self-righteousness that sees morality in fixed formulas about good and evil.” ― Azar Nafisi,

mokasf: On page 77 of 356 of Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi

mokasf: On page 60 of 356 of Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi

LifeForLivingW1: Imagination “You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn’t exist.” – Azar Nafisi One of human superpowers is our imagination.

mokasf: On page 47 of 356 of Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi

KarlVaters: The Lord Is My Courage, by K.J. Ramsey A fresh look at Psalm 23. The Great Omission, by Dallas Willard Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi Great literature, profound courage, and real-life stakes. A compelling combination.

DLFinkle: The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis (re-read) The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams The Magnificent Defeat by Frederick Buechner How to Meditate by Lawrence LeShan 7/?

Francesco_Morra: Marked as to-read: Leggere Lolita a Teheran by Azar Nafisi

AlchimiaErrante: Marked as to-read: Leggere Lolita a Teheran by Azar Nafisi

colinmcshow: ‘Literature as resistance.’ Azar Nafisi on the subversive power of reading in troubled times (3/6)

GoaUniversity: Focus on: Arnold Wesker: Letter to a Daughter; Azar Nafisi: Reading Lolita in Tehran; Deirdre Bair: Parisian Lives; Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir and me: a memoir; Mieko Kawakami: Breasts and Eggs, a Novel.

PoMo_Cowboy: Azar Nafisi's book took place before the era of the internet. This is what radical women's education looks like in 2023. I just hope their cybersecurity practices are adequate.

newsperplexed: Novelist Azar Nafisi: 'The Iranian people have broken the silence'

baphometx: Novelist Azar Nafisi: 'The Iranian people have broken the silence' - Before going into exile the author of 'Reading Lolita in Tehran' was a professor at the University of Tehran. She now devotes herself entirely to writing & support her compatriots

LeMonde_EN: Novelist Azar Nafisi: 'The Iranian people have broken the silence'

TannerHumCenter: A message from Jeremy Rosen, Acting Director "Our 35th anniversary year is off to an amazing start. We write you energized after returning to in-person programming with an inspiring series of Fall 2022 events with Thi Nguyen, Azar Nafisi, Joy Harjo, and Heather McGhee.

Sheenak42: You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn’t exist. ~Azar Nafisi BB SENSATION PRIYANKA

_a_mirza: The revolution taught me not to be consoled by other people's miseries, not to feel thankful because so many others had suffered more. Pain and loss, like love and joy, are unique and personal; they cannot be modified by comparison to others. -Azar Nafisi

Think1Note: 5. “You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn’t exist.” —Azar Nafisi

Sidrasaeeds: "You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way ever again." `Azar Nafisi

TriciaDewinter: Azar Nafisi:Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times “Books have a rare power to generate empathy,to connect people on a level of humanity,rather than

iroonhome: Azar Nafisi: Iran civil uprising is a 'turning point in the history of Iranian people' • FRANCE 24

FoWHLNW6: Happy birthday Azar Nafisi. We all have dreams—things we fantasise about doing but rarely get around to. The story of her dream & the nightmare that made it come true offers a fascinating view of the Iran-Iraq war & a glimpse of women's lives in Tehran.

arthumanrights: Please come to listen to acclaimed Iranian author Azar Nafisi in Paris on Saturday morning at 11am in the MK2 Library Paris 13'eme...

aqsaiqbalkhatri: Books with messages have the same kind of mindset the tyrants have. They want to impose their message on you. It is books without messages that genuinely subvert you and make you think. - Azar Nafisi

irrepressjess: My dearest Azar Nafisi, First, let me say that I write to you today without a single thought of counting letters, words, punctuation, paragraphs, or tweets. I abhor the way Anthony has twisted and debased all language to suit his destructive purposes, and I refuse to play his …

activ_abhishek: You get a strange feeling when you are about to leave a place. like you will not only miss the people you love, but you will miss the person you are now at this time and this place because you will never be this way ever again. ~Azar Nafisi

PUSHaudio: Saeideh Gilani, abstract painter Azar Nafisi, author, New York Times bestseller (taped earlier) Mahnaz Afkhami, author, women’s rights activist (taped earlier) Kira Wakeam, NPR Journalist (cont.)

MSmithWriter: Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: ‘Women in Iran have discovered their power and decided to use it’

YukoIshizuka1: Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran says,“They look to their own mothers and grandmothers and great-grandmothers.”

aqsaiqbalkhatri: Courage is not merely pointing out other people and blaming them, but the ability and the confidence to turn back to yourself and not like what you see. - Azar Nafisi

sudisha99: no, in the wake of "things happening" in Iran, you do NOT need to read Azar Nafisi's 'Reading Lolita in Tehran'. you can just re-read Lolita by Nabokov instead, if you have that kind of time in ur hands - -

ElhamManea: Worth reading- Azar Nafisi: „On 8 March, 1979, tens of thousands of women took to the streets across Iran against Ayatollah Khomeini’s introduction of mandatory veils, with the slogan: “Freedom is neither western nor eastern, freedom is global.”

Onewkgwoman: You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place because you’ll never be this way ever again.” - Azar Nafisi; Reading Lolita in Tehran

roomynaqvy: Shahnameh by Ferdowsi, trans Dick Davis, Forword, Azar Nafisi. My personal collection.

Devesh___Pandey: You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place, like you will not only miss people you love but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and this place because you'll never be this way ever again. - Azar Nafisi

BehroozParhami: "Standing with Iranian Women": This was the title of today's interesting & informative webinar, with panelists Prof. Azar Nafisi, author/journalist/activist Masih Alinejad, and analyst Dr. Suzanne Maloney. Event page:

mitra4226: Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: ‘Women in Iran have discovered their power and decided to use it’ | Islamic veil | The Guardian

zhu_wei_tao: “If everybody leaves, who will help make something of this country?” Reading Lolita in Tehran A Memoir in Books By Azar Nafisi

MurkOTR: “None of us can avoid being contaminated by the world's evils; it's all a matter of what attitude you take towards them.” -Azar Nafisi

ibtauris: Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: ‘Women in Iran have discovered their power and decided to use it’

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pbedore: “Books know no limits or borders, they create longings and unexpected passions, they pose more questions than answers. They represent the unruly world, filled with contradictions and complications...” ― Azar Nafisi

SoheilRaissi: Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: ‘Women in Iran have discovered their power and decided to use it’

IoanaCismas: Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: ‘Women in Iran have discovered their power and decided to use it’

k__ei: Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: ‘Women in Iran have discovered their power and decided to use it’ - The Guardian

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