An engaging and inventive book that deserves a wide audience.
Nasrin Alavi
Author of We Are Iran: The Persian Blogs.
Author of We Are Iran: The Persian Blogs.
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"All of this material is held together by a brisk narration that only occasionally takes on the tone of a textbook. On balance, the author does a laudable job of wrestling particularly unwieldy fodder into a digest that is actually pleasing to read."
The split between the people of Iran and the country's elite »
Nasrin Alavi wrote about a similar theme in her book about Iranian bloggers.
Nasrin Alavi summarizes recent Iranian political developments »
She also previews "the next Iran", which "has one of the most youthful and educated populations in the Middle East."
A Good Combination of Context and Primary Readings
February 11th, 2006Been seeing a lot of copies of We Are Iran: The Persian Blogs by Nasrin Alavi getting handed out at Northern Voice 2006. I've had the book for a couple weeks now—the publisher, which is blogging, kindly sent me a review copy with a nice note. I'm halfway through the book now, and it's a nice combination of historical and cultural commentary from the author i.e. excerpts from Iranian weblogs written in Persian translated into English. In other words, so far a good combination of context and primary readings.
I'd love to see a lot more books that translate weblogs written in languages I can't read into English. Chinese would be the first language I'd push for, since I've long forgotten how to read the 200 or so characters learned in university, but excerpts of articles written in Brazilian Portuguese and Korean are languages I could see as being books I'd buy.
Raincoast Books note in my review copy of We Are Iran by The Persian Blogs by Nasrin Alavi
The note reads as follows (the link does not appear in the original, but wouldn't it have been cool if it did?): Hi Richard, Thanks for your interest in We Are Iran. When you review it, drop me a line with the link so I can link back to you on the Raincoast blog. All the best, Monique @ raincoast.com
Raincoast Books is offering review copies of We Are Iran by Nasrin Alavi to bloggers »
I've asked for a copy, and will happily review it for my weblog.
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