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"The book chronicles, among many other things, Nafisi's appalling collision with reality. In the early 1970s, studying in America, she was a student rebel. Unlike most of her contemporaries, however, she had the dreadful experience of seeing her politics produce results. As a leftist Iranian at the University of Oklahoma, she gave passionate speeches "against the tyrants back home and their American backers."

Within the safety of an American university the most vicious slogans she uttered seemed safe. She could shout (as she now puts it) "Death to this or that,"

I love how the article celebrates this wench like a great American, a righteous rebel, who has finally found happiness.

If she had the guts to HATE America while living off America, why does't she have the guts to truly rebel against Iran? She should go over and express the same bravery as she did here.

I would love to know what taxpayer assistance she got in the 70's...