English Language Arts / 10th Grade / Unit 5: Reading as Resistance: Reading Lolita in Tehran / Independent Reading Suggested Books

Independent Reading Suggested Books for Reading as Resistance: Reading Lolita in Tehran

Additional Texts by the Author

Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi
Things I've Been Silent About: Memories of a Prodigal Daughter by Azar Nafisi

Fiction Texts with Connecting Topics and Themes

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Non-Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics

Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran by Roya Hakakian
Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran by Azadeh Moaveni
The House of My Bibi: A Memoir of Growing up in Revolutionary Iran by Nastaran Kherad

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