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Tehran in Transition: Development and Disenfranchisement

 
MEI Event
Tehran in Transition: Development and Disenfranchisement

Featuring:

Dr. Mehrdad Mashayekhi
Feb 10 2004 - 12:00pm - 6:00pm

Iran's capital city has experienced rapid change over the past decade, suffering from many of the problems of urbanization. What has the impact of the development been on the average Iranian? How can Western viewers understand present-day Tehran and its role in Iran today? Dr. Mehrdad Mashayekhi, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Georgetown University, will answer these questions and others which are raised in Amir-Shahab Razavian's latest film, Tehran 7:00 AM.

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