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Between Two Worlds

Roxana Saberi, Former Iranian Prisoner, Talks To Jon Stewart About New Book 'Between Two Worlds' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Author, journalist, and former Miss North Dakota Roxana Saberi was on The Daily Show last night to talk about her new book, "Between Two Worlds: My Li...

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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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