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Azar Nafisi

Let's Get Noisy

Heather Reisman | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Shirin Ebadi, Elie Wiesel, Prisoner of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Marina Nemat, Sakineh Astiani, Azar Nafisi, World News
Heather Reisman

Last week, like so many others, I was horrified to read that a 43-year-old woman in Iran had been sentenced to be stoned to death for an alleged act of adultery. I knew I could not just go to bed that night.

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The Persian Primer: How to Understand and Properly Make Fun of Iranian-Americans

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Shirin Ebadi, Funny in Farsi, Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi, Maz Jobrani, Iranian Stereotypes, Nasim Pedrad, Firoozeh Dumas, Iranian-Americans, Omid Kordestani, Roxana Saberi, Firouz Naderi, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Between Two Worlds, Iranian-American Stereotypes, Azar Nafisi, Comedy News
Dr. Ali Binazir

Who's making fun of Iranians? Nobody. Except for Iranians themselves. Most likely, this shortcoming stems from a lack of familiarity with the endearing quirks of Iranian culture that would lend themselves to proper parody.

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