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    What The Doves Said: The Director (Book Four)
    What The Doves Said: The Director (Book Four)
    What The Doves Said: The Director (Book Four)
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    What The Doves Said: The Director (Book Four)

    By Mojdeh Marashi

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    An Iranian film directed by a familiar name reminds the author of one of her parents’ close friends, the director’s family, and how everybody’s lives, including hers, changed after the revolution, the hostage crisis, and the Iran-Iraq war. She recalls the years she lived in the States and the transformation she went through, from being perceived as an exotic Persian girl whose father owned an oil well, to a dangerous I-rain-ian.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMojdeh Marashi
    Release dateNov 27, 2012
    ISBN9781938726095
    What The Doves Said: The Director (Book Four)
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    Mojdeh Marashi

    Mojdeh Marashi is a writer, translator, artist and designer. Mojdeh's work is deeply influenced by the ancient and modern history of Iran. Her writing merges the world of magical realism in Persian literature that she grew up reading, the reality of the world she lives in today, and the utopia she dreams about. Mojdeh was born in Tehran, Iran and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1977, and now lives and work in Palo Alto, California. She is the Managing Partner at Blurred Whisper, an Idea and Design studio in Palo Alto, California, which she co-founded in 2002. Mojdeh studied at California College of Arts (CCA) and later at San Francisco State University where she earned her M.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts and an M.A. in Creative Writing.

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      What The Doves Said - Mojdeh Marashi

      What The Doves Said The Director

      Book Four

      By Mojdeh Marashi

      Copyright 2011 Mojdeh Marashi

      Published by Mojdeh Marashi at Smashwords

      Fourth Story In What The Doves Said Series

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      What The Doves Said

      The Director

      Notes

      About The Author

      The Director

      I am sitting on the gray wool sofa with my arm resting on the handle, sipping a cup of green tea infused with fresh mint leaves, hoping it settles my stomach. I’m watching Iranian movies with English subtitles, which is quite an experience.

      We have found an Indi video store nearby that rents out Iranian movies, which have become popular over the years and therefore available even here in the States. Iranian directors such as Kiarostami, Makhmalbaf, and Panahi are invited regularly to Cannes and other International film festivals where they receive warm welcomes. Movie buffs crowd the local screenings of Iranian movies at alternative theaters and gather at the nearby coffee shops afterwards to discuss the films. Both the movies and the directors enjoy even more fame if they are banned from attending international festivals by the Iranian government. I am in awe of non-Iranian fans for understanding these complex, and often depressing movies, heavily coded with references to the Persian culture and history.

      The movie I’ve rented today is about the life of an Iranian family post the 1979 Revolution, a charged subject. Listening to the dialog and reading the subtitles at the same time bothers me. Since I can’t hide the subtitles, I experiment with muting the TV but this proves to be more annoying. Translations are never quite the same as the original, especially when the information, the movie dialog in this case, is available in the original language. I un-mute the TV and try not to read the subtitles, which is difficult at first but eventually I master the art of ignoring the text.

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