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Bibliography for Teachers
Ansari, Mona Hojat. “Black Friday: A Turning Point in Iran’s Fight against Tyranny.” Tehran Times, September 8, 2023. https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488811/Black-Friday-A-turning-point-in-Iran-s-fight-against-tyranny.
Axworthy, Michael. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic Second Edition. Oxford University Press, 2013.
Baetens, Jan, and Hugo Frey. The Graphic Novel: An Introduction. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Bahgat, Gawdat. “US‐Iran Relations: Challenges and Opportunities.” The Muslim World, February 26, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/muwo.12459.
BBC. “Iran Country Profile.” BBC News, September 24, 2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14541327. Daftary, Farhad, and Azim Nanji. “What Is Shi’a Islam?,” 2006. https://www.iis.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/whatis-shia-islam.pdf.
Bowerstick, Robert. “Argo 2012 Opening Scene.” YouTube, February 13, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDqqinwnoeY.
Britannica. “Sharia | Definition, Law, & Countries | Britannica.” www.britannica.com, April 29, 2024. https://www.britannica.com/topic/sharia.
Chaney, Michael. “How to Read a Graphic Novel.” TED Talk. Presented at the TEDxDartmouth, March 6, 2011.
Cia.gov. “‘Iran--Country Fact Sheet,’” 2025. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iran/factsheets/#introduction.
Daftary, Farhad, and Azim Nanji. “What Is Shi’a Islam?,” 2006. https://www.iis.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/whatis-shia-islam.pdf.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Shah of Iran.” In Encyclopædia Britannica, October 22, 2018. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mohammad-Reza-Shah-Pahlavi.
Figlerowicz , Marta. “Graphic Narratives as Teaching Tools.” Lecture. Presented at the Yale National Initiative, July 2025.
IstiZada. “Muslim Veil and Hijab Types | Complete Guide | Meaning, Styles & More,” November 22, 2021. https://istizada.com/muslim-veil-and-hijab-types-a-complete-guide/.
Khosrokhavar, Farhad. “Postrevolutionary Iran and the New Social Movements.” In Twenty Years of Islamic Revolution, edited by Eric Hooglund, 3–18. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2002.
Luebering, J.E. “Marjane Satrapi | Iranian Artist and Writer.” In Encyclopædia Britannica, January 1, 2019. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marjane-Satrapi.
McCloud, Scott. “Scottmccloud.com - About.” www.scottmccloud.com, 2025. https://www.scottmccloud.com/5-about/index.html.
———. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994.
muslimah1210. “CNN: French Niqab Ban Debate between Hebah Ahmed and Mona Eltahawy.” YouTube Video. YouTube, April 23, 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtDzDXg2GQU.
O’Malley, Andrew , and Nima Naghibi. “Estranging the Familiar: ‘East’ and ‘West’ in Satrapi’s Persepolis.” English Studies in Canada 31, no. 2-3 (2000): 223–47.
Pew Research Center. “Mapping the Global Muslim Population.” Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project, October 7, 2009. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2009/10/07/mapping-the-global-muslim-population/.
Saper, Jacqueline. From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran. Potomac Books, 2018.
Satrapi, Marjane. The Complete Persepolis. 2000. Reprint, St. Albert, Ab: Sapl, 2013.
———. “Why I Wrote Persepolis.” Reading and Writing Link 3, no. 9 and 3 (2003). http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=11142799&site=ehost-live.
Shahrokni, Nazanin. Women in Place: The Politics of Gender Segregation in Iran. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520973008.
Steinzova, Lucie, and Stuart Greer. “In Pictures: Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.” RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, February 8, 2019. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-politics-revolution/29752729.html.
Steves, Rick. “Iran.” Simon Griffith, 2009. https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/tv-specials/iran/iran-pledge-special.
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