Saedi
The number of years after the Islamic Revolution when Sara Saedi was born.
She is the author of Persepolis.
Who is Marjane Satrapi?
She was about this old when the Islamic Revolution began.
What is an adult?
This dictator was overthrown and sent into exile in 1979.
Who was the Shah?
He was the Shah's father who became the first ruler of Iran in the 20th century.
Who is Reza Shah?
It's the name of the book in which she tells how she found out that she was an undocumented immigrant.
What is Americanized
She was about this old when the Islamic Revolution kicked off.
What is nine or ten?
Who is Sanaz?
He became the de facto leader of Iran after the Shah's overthrow?
Who was the Ayatollah?
The two countries responsible for overthrowing Mossadegh.
The kind or style of language used in her book.
What is sarcastic or snarky?
The style of language used in the Intro to her book.
What is serious or formal or academic?
They are the "morality police" driving around enforcing rules about how women are dressed.
Who is the Blood of God?
It's the name of the ancient empire from which Iran emerged.
What is Persia?
The other name for Great Britain. It is a single word.
What is England?
Her POV is different from Satrapi's and Nafisi's because of where she was when she learned/told her story.
What is the United States?
It is the American agency that helped Great Britain overthrow Prime Minister Mossadegh.
What is the CIA?
What are jeans?
What is Persepolis?
The primary reason Great Britain and the U.S. meddled in Iran's affairs.
What is oil?
He was the prime minister of Iran who nationalized the oil, which upset the U.S and Britain.
Who was Mossadegh?
The son of Reza Shah who succeeded him as ruler of Iran and was eventually overthrown and sent into exile.
Who was the Shah?
She held this position when the Islamic Revolution began.
What is a professor?
The modern day capital of Iran.
What is Tehran?
The region of the world where Iran is located, surrounded by Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, among others.
What is the Middle East?