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‘2,500 years of tyranny and submission’: what we can learn from reading Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis during the Iran War
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An article reflecting on comic book author Marjane Satrapi's death and the relevance of her work Persepolis to current Israeli-Iranian tensions, exploring how her personal narrative intersects with Iran's political history.
‘2,500 years of tyranny and submission’: what we can learn from reading Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis during the Iran War
Cover of the book Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi. BalkansCat/Shutterstock
Comic book author Marjane Satrapi passed away last week in Paris at age 56, just before conflict between Israel and her native Iran re-erupted. While her work has enjoyed enduring fame, the present conflict has made it more relevant than ever before.
Satrapi’s work is unique for how it weaves her own personal story with Iran’s history and politics. In her comics and film Persepolis, for instance, there is a scene where t
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