jchrisobrien ([personal profile] jchrisobrien) wrote2009-06-16 04:03 pm

Iran

If you haven't been following this story, you should. Follow it while you can, before all voices are silenced.
A new revolution is beginning in Iran

http://one-hoopy-frood.livejournal.com/10678.html

[identity profile] spitcurl.livejournal.com 2009-06-16 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I highly recommend Persepolis, a graphic novel in the vein of Maus, by Iranian Marjane Satrapi. I read it last summer. (Seems that an animated version was recently made as well, according to imdb.) It was stunning. It gives unique insight into the decades of recent Iran, and the many confusing, conflicting, and changing situations there, all through a child's experience.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/mar/29/biography