1 hr 3 min
A Mother's Grace: Coming of age during the Iranian revolution The MTHR Project
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Afsaneh Abree was born the eighth child in a well-off, traditional family in Tehran during the last decade before the Islamic Revolution. One summer she recalls running around in shorts, reading novels and enjoying a typical childhood. The next summer, she was wearing a headscarf, books were being burned outside her school, and protesters were taking to the streets. A revolution was also taking place in Afsaneh’s family. After 40 years of marriage, her father left to start a new life with a new family.
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Afsaneh Abree was born the eighth child in a well-off, traditional family in Tehran during the last decade before the Islamic Revolution. One summer she recalls running around in shorts, reading novels and enjoying a typical childhood. The next summer, she was wearing a headscarf, books were being burned outside her school, and protesters were taking to the streets. A revolution was also taking place in Afsaneh’s family. After 40 years of marriage, her father left to start a new life with a new family.
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1 hr 3 min