Comments on: Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope, Shirin Ebadi https://readingtheend.com/2009/07/04/iran-awakening-a-memoir-of-revolution-and-hope-shirin-ebadi/ before I read the middle Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Fashionable Earth https://readingtheend.com/2009/07/04/iran-awakening-a-memoir-of-revolution-and-hope-shirin-ebadi/#comment-13443 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:52:47 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=961#comment-13443 We also support human and women’s rights in Iran. Fashion, environmental responsibility and social justice can all be combined to change the world, please read our post for more info: http://fashionableearth.org/blog/2009/10/13/cause-of-the-season-iran/

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/07/04/iran-awakening-a-memoir-of-revolution-and-hope-shirin-ebadi/#comment-13442 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:57:47 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=961#comment-13442 What a good article! I was pleased that she talked about how women have always been deeply involved in marches and protests for human rights. I always feel so angry when I’m reading about abolitionism in America, because it’s always the same thing – the feminists agreed to put their business on hold because slavery was more important, and then when the abolitionists got what they wanted, they all packed up and went home! And the feminists were just sitting there like, ….Um, guys?

(Except not Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass is my hero.)

I loved Persepolis! The film and the book. I always remember that shot in the film of Marjane’s parents sitting and looking worried, and little Marjane in the back marching around shouting “A bas le Shah!” It’s always so interesting to me seeing historical events through a kid’s eyes.

]]> By: Nymeth https://readingtheend.com/2009/07/04/iran-awakening-a-memoir-of-revolution-and-hope-shirin-ebadi/#comment-13441 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:41:18 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=961#comment-13441 Have you read Persepolis? I like how having read it made me feel closer to what’s been happening, almost like I’d visited once. But I still don’t know enough. Just this morning I was reading an article on women’s rights in Iran that you might find interesting. Here: http://tehranbureau.com/iranian-feminism-june-2009/

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/07/04/iran-awakening-a-memoir-of-revolution-and-hope-shirin-ebadi/#comment-13440 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:42:54 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=961#comment-13440 In reply to Holly.

Thanks for the recommendation! Yeah, the book was good, but I don’t think I’d recommend it to everyone. As I said, I had a hard time getting through it, and I think that would probably be the case for a lot of people. It definitely reminded me how fortunate I am to live in a country where I’m legally protected from that sort of thing.

]]> By: Holly https://readingtheend.com/2009/07/04/iran-awakening-a-memoir-of-revolution-and-hope-shirin-ebadi/#comment-13439 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:49:03 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=961#comment-13439 Sounds like an interesting one, but I’m not sure it’s for me. You might like Veiled Freedom, about modern-day Afghanistan.

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