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In the spirit of the season, we asked @AIS_1967 president @naghmehs to share 5 things that impacted her research on the 1979 revolutionary generation in 2020. She wrote: "I'm currently focused on a chapter on love and intimacy. My responses reflect that!"
1.Maryam Satvat’s Maadi Nomrehy-e 20 [No. 20 Canal] is an autobiographical novel primarily set in Isfahan that focuses on love among a small group of Fadayi guerrilla fighters in 1976-77. It’s a rare memoir/novel and it’s written with heart and honesty.
2. In the course of my research, I got interested in the Uruguayan Tupamaros who influenced Iran's guerrilla groups in the 70s. Costa-Gavras’ "State of Siege" is a fascinating film from 1972 that focuses on them. It's not comfortable watching and it shouldn't be.
3. If you know me, you know I love @praddenkeefe Say Nothing about the Troubles in Ireland. I think a lot about how he seamlessly weaves the small and the big together & how he thinks through the instability of history when the subjects are still reckoning with their past.
4. I came across a copy of Leyla Zomorodiyan’s “self critique.” She was a member of the Mojahedin-e Khalq in the early 70s whose husband was killed by his comrades in the great schism of 1975 & she was partly held responsible for it. It starts with Listen to the story of my life.
5. Makhmalbaf's short story Ma Raa Beh-boos [Kiss Me] about the love of two revolutionaries in prison. It has the perfect line "At first she wrote me love letters and I gave her manifestos. Later she wanted manifestos from me and I gave her love letters."
6. I'm glad the request was 5 things that impacted my research. If it had been top 5 books on #Iran in 2020, I would have been stumped. For all of its challenges, 2020 was an exciting year for #IranianStudies. I'm honored to be a part of this community.
