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Charand-O Parand: Revolutionary Satire from Iran, 1907-1909

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Charand-O Parand: Revolutionary Satire from Iran, 1907-1909 - Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar, and Afary, Janet (Translated by), and Perry, John R (Translated by)
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A classic of Modern Persian literature, Charand-o Parand (Stuff and Nonsense) is a work familiar to every literate Iranian. Originally a series of newspaper columns written by scholar and satirist Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, the pieces poke fun at mullahs, the shah, and the old religious and political order during the Constitutional Revolution in Iran (1906-11). The essays were the Daily Show of their era. The columns were heatedly debated in the Iranian parliament, and the newspaper was shut down on several occasions for its ...

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Charand-O Parand: Revolutionary Satire from Iran, 1907-1909 2016, Yale University Press

ISBN-13: 9780300197990

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