Why is the jailing of Haleh Esfandiari to be regretted? Well… because it will encourage Orientalists, of course. Look to a novel account in this week’s Chronicle, where Fatameh Keshvarz registers her distaste for Azar Nafisi, Khaled Hosseini, and Asne Seierstad. Their fault? Well, failing to depict the “complexities” of life in the worse-governed portions […]
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