A Blog by the Editor of The Middle East Journal

Putting Middle Eastern Events in Cultural and Historical Context

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Iran in the 1970s

I'm on vacation. As I did last year, I've prepared a series of posts on historical, cultural, and linguistic topics that are not time-constrained. If events warrant, I will add current posts, but at least one new post will appear daily in my absence. Enjoy.

The Antika nostalgia site, though in Arabic, has a whole Album on Facebook of "Iran in the 70s." It's worth a browse, especially for those of you who were born since the 1979 Revolution. Though in order to have this:
and this:
we must also remember that they had to put up with this:
Not that I'm suggesting I prefer the present regime, either.

No comments: