When Azadeh Moaveni , a Time Magazine journalist who seems to specialize in writing news stories about Iran and other Persian issues, lived in Iran in the early days of her career as a journalist, Iran was still under Khatami’s arms. While young people’s life seemed to be very depressed, very monotonous, very boring, the youngsters seem to always strive to take any chances to express themselves as soon as those chances approach. Well, you might say that Iranian young people wish to live like American youngsters they imagine.
In Lipstick Jihad Azadeh Moaveni records her life, which due to her living with them makes it possible for us to say that “she also records Iranian young people’s life”, during this phase. She records how, while out in the street they behave quite pious, nice, Moslem-clad, inside big houses where parties are held after paying some money to police officers they wear tank-tops that can only be seen once they enter the houses and throw their Islamic roopoosh (a kind of loose clothes worn by women in Iran) to jacket hangers. Continue reading »
