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Exiled Iranian author to speak, April 22
Posted April 19, 2006; 05:40 p.m.
Shahrnush Parsipur, an author who has been jailed four times in her
native Iran, will read from her work and discuss her experiences at
2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22, in Whig Hall.
Parsipur, who lives in exile in California, has written numerous short
stories, novels and Persian translations that have been banned in Iran.
"Women Without Men" was her first book released in English.
On Saturday, she will read from "Touba and the Meaning of Night."
Scheduled to be released this spring, the book explores the ongoing
tensions between rationalism and mysticism, tradition and modernity,
and male dominance and female will. A discussion with the author will
follow.
Parsipur's reading will be the keynote address for the sixth annual Organization of Women Leaders
conference, "Women and the World: Challenges, Progress and
Opportunities,” scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The
event is co-sponsored by the Undergraduate Student Government Projects
Board and the Office of Dean of Undergraduate Students.