persepolis

as a child i always had heard that iran was a good place for jews to live. then came the revolution and i then met lots of children who fled iran for america. i always had thought that the revolution had made it bad just for the jewish inhabitants of iran. apparently i was wrong. as an adult i met persian jews who filled in the blanks for me and let me know that iran after the revolution was not really good for anyone.
i read the books of persepolis by marjane satrapi about a two years ago. they were excellent. i even saw her at barnes and noble last year when her last book came out. she is a truly incredible person with a very sharp sense of humor. she isnt jewish and her books are about how the iranian revolution effected her life as a western thinking iranian. i saw the movie tonight. it was very good, but the books are even better.