When Persepolis was first published by Pantheon two decades ago, Iranian expatriate French cartoonist Marjane Satrapi brought North America a child’s-eye view of revolution in the middle east. She ...

Marjane Satrapi’s memoir “Persepolis” captures the collision of girlhood with political upheaval during the Iran-Iraq war.

In March, the critically acclaimed graphic novel Persepolis made headlines in Chicago--but not for the reasons you might think. The book is an autobiographical account by Marjane Satrapi about growing ...

MARTIN GROVE interviews Marjane Satrapi, pictured, whose animated "Persepolis" is France's official entry for a foreign language Academy Award and might vie with "Ratatouille" for best animated ...

In the recent controversy surrounding “Persepolis,” Marjane Satrapi’s stellar graphic memoir about growing up during the Iranian Revolution, much of the focus has been devoted to trying to determine ...

A memoir and a history of Iran’s turbulent 20th-century politics, one comic strip frame at a time. Credit...Olivia Fields Supported by By Fernanda Eberstadt PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi | Review ...

Sean Penn and Iggy Pop will voice roles in the North American version of Sony Pictures Classics' French animated political drama "Persepolis." By Gregg Goldstein, The Associated Press Sean Penn and ...

Why would Iranians visit their country's most spectacular ancient sites and come away disappointed? We talked with 10 Iranian visitors to Persepolis, the ruins of an ancient Persian capital, and found ...

The job of American schools, as enforced by the bureaucracy, is not really education. It's censorship. That may sound overly cynical. But I've worked as an educational writer and curriculum developer ...