An excerpt of We Are Iran: The Persian Blogs by Nasrin Alavi is posted on The Tyee
The Editor’s Note provides a great summary of the book, describing Nasrin’s work as part archive of the impact of 64,000 Iranian blogs on Iran and the world, and part example of an experiment in democracy and history writing.
Travis Smith also reviews the book on his website, and he admits that he was a bit skeptical of the book at first. “I’m not really a ‘modern Iranian politics’ kind of guy.” But he did find the book was more interesting than he first thought.
Individual voices, speaking about issues that are at once remote and yet universal ... a great tour guide to modern Iran.
Read the full post on Travis’ blog
And for anyone interested in other insider looks, I can recommend Baghdad Journal: An Artist in Occupied Iraq by Steve Mumford and Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle. Both published by Drawn & Quarterly.
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