Author: Azar Nafisi

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For more than 30 years the Islamic regime and its apologists have tried to dismiss women's struggle in Iran as part of a western ploy.

For more than 30 years the Islamic regime and its apologists have tried to dismiss women's struggle in Iran as part of a western ploy.

- Azar Nafisi

Every culture has something to be ashamed of, but every culture also has the right to change, to challenge negative traditions, and create to new ones.

Every culture has something to be ashamed of, but every culture also has the right to change, to challenge negative traditions, and create to new ones.

- Azar Nafisi

You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.

You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.

- Azar Nafisi

Thus the regime has deprived Iranian women not just of their present rights, but also of their history and their past.

Thus the regime has deprived Iranian women not just of their present rights, but also of their history and their past.

- Azar Nafisi

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.

- Azar Nafisi

America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it loses its poetry?

America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it loses its poetry?

- Azar Nafisi

I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality.

I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality.

- Azar Nafisi

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.

- Azar Nafisi

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