In her graphic novels, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood ... banned Western influences and forced women to wear the veil. Members of the secular left were imprisoned and killed.

So my drawing is very childish, but not because I wanted it ... How do you think your portrayal of the veil in Persepolis 1 in particular played into debates in France regarding the prohibition of the ...

“Persepolis,” by contrast, dances with drama and insouciant wit. Satrapi’s drawing style is bold and vivid. She paints a thick inky black-on-white, in a faux-naïf pastiche of East and West.

Despite its stark monochrome look and potentially sombre storyline of growing up in revolutionary Iran, the animated film Persepolis has all the makings ... followed by the imposition of the veil, ...

Persepolis, by Iranian ex-pat Marjane Satrapi ... must adapt to the iron fist and the veil despite her family’s progressive inclinations. At the same time, her narrative covers the magic ...

Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis is a black and white graphic novel about growing up during the Islamic Revolution in Iran. From wearing a veil to the whippings, executions and bombings she later ...

Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis” won international acclaim ... MARJANE SATRAPI: For me, who loves to draw and who loves to write and cannot choose between one or the other, the comic is ...

In her autobiographical film, 'Persepolis', Marjane Satrapi draws an ... With the new regime, all women must wear the veil in public Source: SBS Movies It’s clear in a striking sequence in ...

Marjane Satrapi, author of "Persepolis," collaborates with others ... Beardsley recently and told her she felt compelled to draw again because history was in the making. MARJANE SATRAPI: Please ...