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Oct 19, 2017
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Azar Nafisi decides to hold a class for 8 women in her house after quitting her job teaching literature in the university. The books selected were all banned by the government of Iran. I liked learning more about the history of Iran and what is like in Iran with morality squads and so many things banned. I also liked learning some about her students lives, though occasionally I couldn't keep the students straight. I didn't care about all the dissection of the books themselves. I also didn't like
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