Iran Awakening

I think this book is pretty interesting. The woman seems like a very well educated and a very intelligent woman. I think her determination keeps her going throughout this whole book or so far at least. I think growing up before the revolution makes her easier to understand from my western perspective; I compare her to my mom almost in some of her actions. I think it is interesting that she knows right away that this revolution is going to lead to nothing good for women, just because of an argument about hair. It reminds me of the scene in Persepolis when the mother's friend cover's her hair because the father walks in. It is just such a simple part of life that it is hard to believe that it matters that much. Another thing that I found interesting was the part when she is stripped of judge’s title because she is pregnant; it surprised me to hear what the men had to say about women not wanting to work. There is so much of that wishes some aspects of human nature didn't exist, that being one of them. I think it is interesting to see how she handles the being stripped of her title. She had worked so hard for something like that to get taken away from her so fast, and not only just fast but because she is a woman. Ok one last thing, her marriage seems very western which is part of how both her and her husband were raised but now most Muslim men would not fly their wife to the states to see a specialist, even if they do have money, most of them would divorce that wife and/or take on a new wife. Overall I think this book is very interesting, maybe that because it is not like most Muslim women we have heard about.