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We Are Iran
Nasrin Alavi
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Description for We Are Iran
Paperback. A seamlessly edited multi-voiced portrait of contemporary Iran, using that nation's weblogs (translated from Farsi) as its primary source. Num Pages: 384 pages, 150 b&w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BT; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 426.
We Are Iran is a seamlessly edited multi-voiced portrait of contemporary Iran, translated from Farsi, using that nation's weblogs as its primary source. Iran has more web diarists than most countries, and in cyberspace many Iranians find a freedom to express opinions that is not available to them in print. Theirs is not the Iran of bearded ayatollahs and thuggish militias, but a country that has educated itself to the point where it finds the Islamist fundamentalists antiquated and laughable, where adult literacy (and computer literacy) is higher than in many European states, and where 70 per cent of the ... Read more
We Are Iran is a seamlessly edited multi-voiced portrait of contemporary Iran, translated from Farsi, using that nation's weblogs as its primary source. Iran has more web diarists than most countries, and in cyberspace many Iranians find a freedom to express opinions that is not available to them in print. Theirs is not the Iran of bearded ayatollahs and thuggish militias, but a country that has educated itself to the point where it finds the Islamist fundamentalists antiquated and laughable, where adult literacy (and computer literacy) is higher than in many European states, and where 70 per cent of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Portobello Books
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846270031
SKU
V9781846270031
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About Nasrin Alavi
Nasreen Alavi is a British Iranian who gave up a career in the City of London to work for an NGO in Tehran. This is her first book.
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