August 9, 2007


Dear CODEPINKer,

While Congress is on vacation in August, we activists need to rest and renew as well. What better way to relax than with a good book?

This summer, CODEPINK is launching our first ever book club. We have chosen My Sister, Guard Your Veil; My Brother, Guard Your Eyes: Uncensored Iranian Voices edited by Lila Azam Zanganeh as our first book club pick. We hope you'll join us in reading this groundbreaking anthology.

Lila Azam Zanganeh has assembled a compelling mix of Iranian writers, artists, and activists-including Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis, Reza Aslan, author of No god but God, and Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo--who share their experiences of and hopes for Iran. As we move forward with our campaign to prevent war with Iran, let's educate ourselves about the reality of Iranian life. This anthology will open your eyes, open your heart, and help dispel any misconceptions you may hold of the country.

We have invited editor Lila Azam Zanganeh and hope she--and perhaps other contributors to the anthology--will be able to join us in a conversation. Click here to join the CODEPINK reading community so we can send you information about how to log in to our nation-wide conversation about the book later this month.

You can also connect with your local CODEPINK to discuss the book in person, or start your own local CODEPINK book club. For inspiration, take a look at CODEPINK Boston's well-established book club, which meets monthly at a local bookstore to discuss politics and feminism and literature. We'd love to hear about your own local CODEPINK book club experiences--please send your reports or questions to karin[at]codepinkalert.org.

We wish you happy, peaceful reading!
Dana, Desiree, Farida, Gael, Gayle, Jodie, Karin, Liz, Medea, Nancy, Pamela, Patricia, Rae, Samantha, and Vanessa

P.S. As we reach out to learn more about others, our government is cracking down on our conversations with others. Read a New York Times editorial here to learn more about the recent vote to expand Bush's power to spy on Americans, and click here to send your Congressperson an email to say "Stop spying on me!"

 

 

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