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[ArtsBeat] That’s what these people do…they are there to find ANYONE who does great work, like Marjaneh Satrapi and with their broken English try to act like they’re some patriotic Iranian and proclaim to speak for ALL Iranians. Well, I’m Iranian and I think Satrapi is WONDERFUL, talented and a person who uses her good name for excellent purposes to free her country of depots who have hijacked Iran.

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[Around The Sphere] The Amazing Adventures Of Payman & Sina « Around The Sphere: I’m not sure whether the authors of Persepolis 2.0 (even the word author becomes anxiety-ridden in this context) are professional graphic artists or whether they are ‘amateurs’ who have been able to appropriate the skilled and evocative drawings of Satrapi, but as we know since Duchamp displayed the ready-made urinal, the artist is not defined by the skill of the maker.

[ArtBistro] New reworking of 'Persepolis' attacks Iranian election - ArtBistro.com: Two young Iranian opponents living in China have reworked Marjane Satrapi's award-winning comic "Persepolis," with her blessing, to te. "Persepolis," with her blessing, to tell of the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the ensuing post-election violence.

[The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log] Presentation of Persepolis feature results in Iranian protest ...: Considering the critical stance Satrapi takes against the Iranian government’s policies towards civil liberties, and the rights of women in particular, it comes as no surprise that that same Iranian government officially protests against the film being shown at the Cannes festival. (Tehran objected to Oliver Stone’s Alexander, they objected to 300, now Persepolis - presumably next they will object to History itself and burn all copies of Herodotus.

[Shruti Gupta Blog - Articles on Website Development and more] Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, Persepolis 2: The Story of a ...: and Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi are unique comic books that you can read in a day or two as it's impossible to keep it down. They are graphical autobiography.

[SpoutBlog] Iran Election: PERSEPOLIS' Satrapi Presents Evidence Ahmadinejad ...: Adnkronos, an Italian press agency that specializes in English-language news from the Arab world, is reporting today that Persepolis creator/co-director Marjane.

[ATTACKERMAN] ATTACKERMAN » Persepolis 2.0: Naturally, this is about the theft of the June 12 election. Although the Bush administration never funded a special Internet initiative, it spent 25 to 40 percent of its Iran democracy promotion money on Internet-related activities, according to David Denehy, who headed the State Department's Iran grants from 2005 .

[ArtsJournal: Daily Arts News - Publishing] ArtsJournal: Daily Arts News: In Persepolis 2.0, Satrapi's black-and-white drawings are reshuffled - with her blessing - to tell of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed victory, the mass protests that shook the country and the crackdown by Tehran."

[Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog] A note from Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi » Drawn! The ...: What makes Marjane Satrapi think that there is anything that the UN will do? The UN’s atomic watch agency has practically run interference for Iran in their development of nuclear weapons.

[Splash Page] Splash Page » Blog Archive » 'Persepolis' Creator Marjane Satrapi ...: Satrapi, who was born in Iran to Marxist parents, discussed her personal and family histories in the country in "Persepolis" and has gone on to compose two more graphic novels "Embroideries" and "Chicken with Plums," the latter of which she and director Vincent Paronnaud are seeking to adapt into a live-action film.

[Launceston Film Society] Launceston Film Society » Blog Archive » Persepolis (M) 17, 19, 20 ...: The film has much to say about the cultural differences between Europe and the Middle East, and Satrapi’s journey to becoming a French national - a journey that comes with a side trip back to Iran - is a fascinating one. Curiously, though herstory is personal, issues of history and culture remain at the forefront.

[News: News blog | guardian.co.uk] Persepolis 2.0: Iran poll inspires sequel | News | guardian.co.uk: "Her cartoon are about her life but to my generation of Iranians (at least in the West) they have become more than that, they have become iconic. The fact that images from 30 years ago can tell a story about what is happening now makes them all the more powerful.

[Bermudaonion's Weblog] Review: The Complete Persepolis « Bermudaonion's Weblog: It's hard to summarize the book without giving away too much, but I'll give it a try. This book provides a child's perspective of what it was like to live in Iran during some tumultuous times - the overthrow of the Shah's .

[Shelf Life] "Persepolis" author claims Iranian election was fixed - Shelf Life ...: Iranian-born graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi joined Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalba in telling the European Parliament that presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi won the recent election in Iran with more than 19 million votes, and not Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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