What a pleasure to speak with Standford's @milaniabbas, UCLA's @SahbaShayani, Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani of the Church of England, Pastor @hormoz_shariat, @HolakouR, @miladresaei from the Central Committee of the Ex-Muslims in Scandinavia, and my peerless friend, @arash_tehran at Yale, about the diverse and unifying movement to pluralism and secularism in Iranian society today. Lots of amazing insights in this piece for the @NewHumanist – all of it demonstrating that there is far more to Iran than the headlines suggest.
I hope you enjoy.
https://t.co/wg77xo1YZa
Remembering the brilliant Marjane Satrapi, the extraordinary artist and filmmaker behind Persepolis.
Through this deeply personal and powerful film, she gave audiences a story of identity, freedom, exile and resistance that continues to resonate across the world.
Breaking News: Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French author whose graphic novel series “Persepolis” illuminated the struggles of Iranians during the Islamic Revolution, died at 56. https://t.co/WQWxavBm5l
it is naw ruz eve and i am about to watch jafar panahi’s #itwasjustanaccident … same thing i would do on new years eve too 😂 nowrouz pirouz!!!! 💚🪻🪺🍎🐠🪞🦋
Two completely different worlds on the same red carpet: a millionaire flaunting his NBA cards worth $30 million in a Tiffany & Co. case made of white gold, diamonds, and rubies, next to an Iranian filmmaker who faces prison when he returns to Iran after the Oscars.