Difficult Dialogues: Readings

Required Reading

• My War At Home by Masuda Sultan (Afghanistan and United States)
• The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad (Afghanistan)
• The Swallows of Kabul, by Yasmina Khadra (Afghanistan)
• Pillars of Salt, by Fadia Faqir (Jordan)
• Women at Point Zero, by Nawal al-Saadawi (Egypt)
• Persepolis Set, Marjane Satrapi (Iran)
• Women of Deh Koh, Erica Friedl (Iran)

On Library Reserve

Students will read selections from:

• Reading "Lolita" in Tehran, by Aziz Nafisi
• Nine Parts of Desire, Geraldine Brooks
• I Swept the Sun from the Rooftops, Hanan al-Shaykh (Lebanon)

Recommended Reading

• Embroideries, by Marjane Satrapi
• Children of Deh Koh: Youn Life in an Iranian Village, by Erika Friedl
• Border Passage, Leila Ahmed (Egypt)

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