Albertine Ahmadi
ASIN: B007OAF1SA
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 339
The Chronicles from Iran depict the successive Iranian dictatorships, from the monarchy to the Islamic Republic and its raving puritans. Through real-life scenes in Iran, they highlight humiliations inflicted daily by a religious tyranny upon its population, haunted by fear and bygone traditions. In 2012, the end product is that the Islamic Republic of Iran is an economic, social, environmental and political nightmare.The Chronicles from Iran also sketch a portrait of the Iranian, in equal parts proud and humble, tolerant and traditionalist, passionate and generous, always tormented when faced with choices in domestic and international politics.In the shadow of ‘Arab Spring’, and the turmoil that shakes the Middle East today, the book targets the lack of democracy and freedom - challenging conventionalities of an Islamic society. It brings an insight from Iran that can translate the ...