The Iranian Revolution of 1979 is a harrowing and instructive tale of how extremist ideologies seized a pro-West, affluent country and transformed it into a fundamentalist Islamic society. In this talk, named after her award-winning memoir, Jacqueline Saper discusses her first-hand experiences as a teenager during the revolution and as a young wife and a mother of two in the Islamic republic.
Since the establishment of the Islamic republic, the Iranian leaders have continuously advocated the destruction of Israel and, at one point, predicted it would cease to exist in twenty-five years. Yet, Iran is also home to an ancient Jewish community. Jacqueline Saper speaks about her own experiences and explains the state’s policy towards religious minorities.
For some women in the West, hijab is a choice and a means of expression; for many women in the authoritarian society of Iran, hijab is a symbol of oppression that strips away their most basic human rights and the dignity to wear what they want. Jacqueline Saper’s TEDx Talk and her opinion columns in The Seattle Times and Foreign Policy News discuss Iran’s hijab laws. In this talk, she explains the history of hijab in Iran, how we in the West can better understand its implications on women, and why it remains a matter of contention in Iran.
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