In Azar Nafisi's memoir, "Reading Lolita in Tehran," the author reflects on the oppressive environment of post-revolutionary Iran and the impact it has on intellectual freedom. She draws on her experiences of teaching Western literature to a group of young women, revealing how literature became a form of resistance against the regime's authoritarianism. Nafisi illustrates the struggles her students faced, both personally and socially, as they navigated a society that sought...