They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents, Neda Toloui-Semnani, October 30, 2022

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A Talk & Book Reading by
Neda Toloui-Semnani

Topic:

They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents

Date: Sunday, October 30, 2022
Time: 11:00 am (PDT); 9:30 pm (Tehran); 7:00 pm (CET)
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The United States is often called a nation of immigrants, those who were born in another country but who’ve chosen to settle in the U.S. indefinitely. While this is accurate for some, it’s both simplistic for many, and it can limit our understanding of global politics and histories.
Instead, she argues that collecting stories from diaspora communities like Iranian Americans is an urgent and necessary undertaking. As the Workers Progress Administration did nearly a hundred years ago with the work of Zora Neale Huston, Joseph Lawrence, and Studs Turkel, we must do today to capture the nuance and complexity of both American and Iranian history. If we don’t these stories risk being lost forever.

Lecture in English

NEDA TOLOUI-SEMNANI is an award-winning journalist and author. Her work has appeared in various publications including VICE News and The Washington Post among others, and it has been nominated for seven Emmys and garnered two. Her first book, They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents was published in 2022 by Little A.

Category: Literature
tags: Neda Toloui-Semnani; Author; Iranian Revolution
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