Nahid Persson

Nahid Persson’s “Prostitution Behind the Veil”


Posted by Guest Contributor on 19 May 2009 / 0 Comments


This post was written by Farah Banihali and originally published at Nuseiba. For another perspective on Persson’s documentary, check out Alicia’s article from a few weeks ago. Iran has always been a country Iā€™d love to sit down and read up on. When I first started university, I wrote a (terrible) essay on the causes […]

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My Daughters’ Keeper: Nahid Persson’s “Prostitution Behind The Veil”


Posted by alicia on 30 Apr 2009 / 0 Comments


For a relatively high-brow TV channel, BBC4 is known for providing top quality programs and dramas. So when the BBC commemorated the 30th anniversary of Islamic Revolution in Iran, I became glued to the channel’s string of intriguing documentaries on all things Iranian, post-1979. There were plenty on Iran-US nuclear politics and the fall of […]

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