Dec 29th, 2008 · Iranian author Azar Nafisi has a new memoir out Tuesday called Things I've Been Silent About. The author of Reading Lolita in Tehran talks about the domineering presence of her unfulfilled mother and her relationship with her father, a former mayor of Tehran under the Shah.
Sep 24th, 2005 · Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran reads from Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita, which was published 50 years ago this month.
Jul 18th, 2005 · How do we open ourselves to the connections that can unite us even across racial, political or religious differences? Iranian-born writer Azar Nafisi finds the answer in a classic of American literature.