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| Revolutions Past and Present in Iran |
| October 20, 2022 |
Reza Aslan talks about his book, An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville. Then Ambereen Khan heads to a #womenlifefreedom rally in New York City. |
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| “Catching the Imagination of the World: Past and Present" |
October 20, 2022 |
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Reza Aslan believes a 22-year-old Presbyterian missionary from North Dakota offers a spiritual lesson for those losing hope in democratic institutions and liberal values. In a new biography, Aslan introduces the events surrounding the 1906 revolution in Iran that sparked aspirations of self-determination and hope in empires subjected to oppressive and arbitrary leaders. Aslan describes how a multi-faith army formed coalitions united in opposition to a tyrannical Shah and why Baskerville ignored the United States' orders not to join the democratic revolution.
The conversation continues as scholar and best-selling author Reza Aslan shares how global attention is fueling the courage and resistance on the streets of Iran and helping to hold the regime accountable.
Reza Aslan, PH.D., Leading expert in world religions. Writer, professor, and an Emmy and Peabody-nominated producer. His books include the #1 New York Times Bestseller, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, and his latest, An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville. He is a recipient of the prestigious James Joyce Award.
You can listen back to our founder, Maureen Fiedler's interview with Reza Aslan on his book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth from 2013 here.
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| “You Tried to Wound Me, But I Blossomed Instead” |
October 20, 2022 |
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On October 15, 2022, in the afternoon in Washington Square Park in New York City, hundreds gathered to demonstrate support for the resistance movements in Iran. Host Ambereen Khan captures the sounds and talks to Iranian-Americans about their fears and views about religious life and authority in the theocratic state that has brutally attacked and killed women and girls who challenge compulsory hijab laws.
Dr. Nahid Siamdoust, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Previously she served as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Yale Program in Iranian Studies at the Council on Middle East Studies in the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. She was the inaugural Ehsan Yarshater Fellow in Iranian Studies. Dr. Siamdoust received her doctorate from the University of Oxford, where she graduated in Modern Middle Eastern Studies at St. Antony’s College. Her book, Soundtrack of the Revolution: The Politics of Music in Iran was published in 2017 by Stanford University Press.
Rally in Washington Square Park,
New York City, October 15th, 2022
Photo credit: Ambereen Khan,
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Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 license
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