"This moving collection of art, written and created by Iranian women and their allies, uplifts voices of Zan-Zendegi-Azadi (Women-Life-Freedom) and defends a crucial message of human rights concerns in a time of unrest."--Back cover.

Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of...