Azar Nafisi is a visiting professor and the director of the Dialogue Project at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University. She has taught Western literature at the University of Tehran, the Free Islamic University, and the...

"Absorbing . . . a testament to the ways in which narrative truth-telling-from the greatest works of literature to the most intimate family stories-sustains and strengthens us."-O: The Oprah MagazineIn this stunning personal story of...

Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality...

The New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with a guide to the power of literature in turbulent times, arming readers with a resistance reading list, ranging from James Baldwin to Zora Neale Hurston to...

"Things I've Been Silent About: Memories" ist eine autobiografische Erzählung von Azar Nafisi, in der sie ihre Erinnerungen an das Aufwachsen im Iran und die komplexen Familienverhältnisse schildert. Das Buch bietet einen tiefen Einblick...

"Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books" von Azar Nafisi ist ein autobiografisches Werk, das sich mit der Macht der Literatur und der Unterdrückung im Iran nach der islamischen Revolution befasst. Die Autorin, eine ehemalige...