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What does it mean to be "modern" in contemporary Islamic Iran? What channels of communication and expression are available to Iranian artists under the current regime? Azar Nafisi, Director of the Dialogue Project at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and author of Reading Lolita in Iran, will discuss the different forms of modernity in Iran, her personal experience in Tehran, and Abbas Kiarostami's daring film, Ten. The best-selling paperback Reading Lolita in Tehran will also be available for purchase and signing by the author.