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“Tonight is a night to turn heads. Make them remember you. Make sure they never forget. You are the Calipha of Khorasan, and you…

— Renee Ahdieh

“I loved that the Iranians never quite did what you thought they were going to do, or even, what you wanted them to do.…

— Lois Pryce

“And so, in their fear, Shahrazad and Shahrayar increased their own danger, though they did not do so knowingly. For, each in his or…

— Cameron Dokey

“I was a VIP, a Very Iranian Person, and things just take longer for us.”

— Firoozeh Dumas

“We were going to get Ahmed back. And Rahim back. And Shazad. And Delila. And all the others who had been captured. And we…

— Alwyn Hamilton

“That night, I waited until Baba fell asleep, and then folded a blanket. I used it as a prayer rug. Bowing my head to…

— Khaled Hosseini

“All this was clear to me, and I was glad and at peace. Then it is as if someone is saying to me, "See…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Shahid was the free spirit of the Kamal family: a dreamer, an idealist, a wanderer on the face of the earth--or, as Ahmed would…

— John Lanchester

“The Islamic revolution in Iran is a positive development. At the same time, the Islamic revolution of Afghanistan, sprung exclusively from spiritual roots, dealt…

— Otto Ernst Remer

People don't realize that when Iranians marched against the shah, their goal was not to have a religious government take over. Everybody marched against…

— Firoozeh Dumas

“Rani, too, was perpetuating memories. Harappa the martyr, the demigod, lived on in his daughter's thoughts; but no two sets of memories ever match,…

— Salman Rushdie

“Or take the opportunity offered to the United States following the attacks of September 11, 2001, when both Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mohammed…

— Robert D. Kaplan