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Once evil is individualized, becoming part of everyday life, the way of resisting it also becomes individual. How does the soul survive? is the essential question. And the response is: through love and imagination.
Azar Nafisi
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Azar Nafisi
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: December 1
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