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“You live a life”: a Conversation with Minoo Moallem

The East is a Podcast

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Revolution, War, and Leaving: A Personal Reflection

This chapter explores the speaker's experiences during the Iranian revolution of 1979, including their involvement, the collapse of institutions afterward, and the impact it had on their intellectual development. They also discuss the start of the Iran-Iraq war and their decision to leave Iran in 1982. The chapter touches on themes of political awakening, forbidden literature, and the challenges of leaving one's homeland.

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