Kylee Titensor CE Art History Ms. Huss May 18‚ 2015 Shirin Neshat Shirin Neshat‚ an Iranian women‚ was born on March 26‚ 1957 in a small city Qazvin‚ Iran. She is known for her work in film‚ video‚ and photography‚ and has devoted much of her work to issues concerning gender roles in post-revolutionary Islamic society. She embraced feminism at an early age‚ encouraged by her father‚ who insisted that his daughters have the same access as anyone else when it came to education‚ travel‚ and life experiences
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words to embody the notion of war that everyone can understand. Although Satrapi’s refers to Iran as her home-where they restrict something as minor as freedom of speech-she has passionate‚ free‚ political state of mind‚ which could stereotypically relate to an American mindset. Politics and religion are two subjects Satrapi has distinctly noted the difference‚ when discussing Iran to western countries. In Iran freedom of speech could mean your life‚ in the United States freedom of speech could cause
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Nicola Rahman English-Ms.Esmail America has often been called “The Land of the Free”‚ where opportunities are like the bounteous fish caught at sea; the catch may be large or small‚ may come sooner or later. Just as the Gold Rush prompted for many miners to come about‚ the promising opportunities have prompted for immigrants to pour into in America. Although
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States (CIS) and Afghanistan to warm waters and it’s proximately to one of the largest oil‚ gas and mineral resources of the world and as the only ocean port of the country. It is the closest and best access point of Iran to the Indian Ocean. For this reason‚ Chabahar is the focal point of Iran for development of the east of the country through expansion and enhancement of transit routes among countries situated in the northern part of the Indian Ocean and Central Asia. The hope is that with the development
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a Postmodern Fiction? A mix of High art and popular culture: Marjane Satrapi’s ’’Persepolis’’ is the latest and one of the most palatable examples of a postmodern genre‚ an autobiographical novel in form of a comic-book which tells the history of Iran from Marjane’s point of view. Persepolis is a postmodern graphic novel that blurs the boundaries between popular culture and high art by mixing political history and autobiography in a comic-book version. Marjane uses the medium of a graphic novel
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the population of Iran. The book shows Margie‚ that has never had contact with a TV satellite antenna hearing one of her friends tell her that Fariborz‚ a close friend‚ which had just won that kind of antenna with international channels. Excited she jumps into a car and drives to her friend’s house where she watches MTV and EUROSPORT. She says‚ “We could finally experience a view different from the one dictated by our government”‚ we can realize she and most of the population of Iran don’t really know
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terrorism. Importance of Pakistan Location Location of Pakistan Pakistan is located between 23 degrees.30 North to 37 degrees North Latitude and 61 degrees East to 77 degrees East Longitude. China lies in the north of Pakistan while Afghanistan and Iran are in the West of it. India lies in the East and in the South is Arabian Sea. The Importance of Location The location of Pakistan is not only unique in the world but of special importance in South Asia. Pakistan links the east with the west. Some
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The Rights of Women in Islamic Countries For many years women have been mistreated in society. While many nations now see men and women as equals‚ the Islamic community has yet to do such. Many Islamic counties‚ such as Iran‚ still abide by these unjust actions that take place against a person because of their gender. Women in Islamic countries are being controlled with what they are allowed to say‚ how they are allowed to dress‚ their political opinions‚ the types of employment they may hold
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political‚ and social systems after the fall of a government were the collapse of Czar Nicholas II’s government‚ which led to the creation of the U.S.S.R‚ and the fall of Reza Pahlavi’s government‚ which led to the creation of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Both had certain historical circumstances that led to their collapse‚ and many different changes that occurred as a result of the collapse. When Czar Nicholas II came into power in 1894‚ he continued the autocratic rule that Russia had in place
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