Azar Nafisi (3)

Part 3: Interview with VOA Persian TV

Azar Nafisi, sitting left in this discussion/interview on Voice of America persian TV station, is the author of bestselling book "Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books" has gained a great deal of public attention and been translated into 32 languages. [PART 1] [PART 2] [PART 3]

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29-May-2008
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Silent on Funding

by Agha Parviz (not verified) on Sat May 31, 2008 08:41 PM PDT

Isn't it interesting that according to the public recod, Azar khanom received $25,000 from the far right Bradley Foundation while she ran her Tehran book club and $607,000 from the conservative Smith Richardson Foundation during the years that she wrote "Reading Lolita" in the US. See this link

www.mediatransparency.org/recipientfundergrants.ph...

and look under Johns Hopkins University in these

www.srf.org/databank/documents/13_doc.pdf
www.srf.org/databank/documents/16_doc.pdf
www.srf.org/databank/documents/11_doc.pdf
www.srf.org/databank/documents/10_doc.pdf
www.srf.org/databank/documents/9_doc.pdf
www.srf.org/databank/documents/12_doc.pdf

The year after Reading Lolita was published, Smith Richardson Foundation gave a final, much-reduced grant to Nafisi and thereafter devoted its Iran budget to the dishonest warmongers at
WWW.IRANWATCH.ORG,
who have since that year received over $600,000 for demonizing Iran.
According to the public record, the same foundation spent hundreds of thousands on the exact same liars previously when they spread propaganda about nonexistent Iraqi weapons of mass destruction at
WWW.IRAQWATCH .
Dr. Nafisi, is there a reason you NEVER, EVER mention this funding from sources when you go around promoting your book?! No, really?


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