In our third bonus episode, we sit down with Parnaz Foroutan, a former Iranian refugee, and discuss her new memoir Home is a Stranger. She talks about the real Iran behind the media, female identities, and how we should be viewing the refugee crisis.
Home is a Stranger can be purchased at her publisher's website here: https://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/home-is-a-stranger-products-9781948705608.php
Or on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Home-Stranger-Parnaz-Foroutan/dp/1948705605
Her January piece for NBC Think can be found here: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/iran-s-propaganda-implies-soleimani-being-widely-mourned-u-s-ncna1112641
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• Jackie Burnett
• Patrick Anderson
• Aidan Thomason
• Tyler Jackson
• Jack Gabel
• Kevin Gagnon
Opening Track: Ketsa - Where We Are (http://bit.ly/2nKJWaW)
Closing Track: Above and Below - Never Forget (http://bit.ly/2nNfw7Q)
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