To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. World-renowned writer Azar Nafisi speaks to Gavin Lee in France 24's Spotlight © France 24 27:45 Issued on: 14/03/2026 - 19:19 From the show Reading time 1 min France 24’s Gavin Lee speaks with Azar Nafisi, Iranian-American writer, whose best-selling book "Reading Lolita in Tehran" remained on the New York Times bestseller list for over one hundred weeks. They discuss the role of literature and its subversive power in a time of war. Produced by Maya Yataghene, Alessandro Xenos and Guillaume Mercier Interview prepared by Gavin Lee and Guillaume Gougeon Gavin LEE Alessandro XENOS Guillaume GOUGEON Guillaume MERCIER Maya YATAGHENE Today's top stories Spotlight 'Mental, subjective impact': Iran taking on 'American might' with cyberterrorism 13/03/2026 Middle East Spotlight US war on Iran: 'An American war in desperate search of a strategy', expert says 12/03/2026 Middle East Spotlight Jobs & development ‘best line of defence’ against global instability: UNDP assistant administrator 11/03/2026 United Nations Spotlight Iran war stifles Hormuz shipping: ‘Unprecedented’ impact on oil & global economy 10/03/2026 Middle East Most watched The Observers Israeli planes spray herbicides on Syrian farmers’ fields Middle East Tête à tête France 'not sending any vessels to the Strait of Hormuz', Defence Minister Vautrin says France A propos 'Two decades in the making': Expert details how Mossad built its spy network in Iran Middle East Tête à tête 'We have been betrayed': Nagorno-Karabakh ex-minister on Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal Middle East Spotlight US war on Iran: 'An American war in desperate search of a strategy', expert says Middle East Eye on Africa Cocaine bound for Europe increasingly routed through West Africa Africa The Debate Who gives the kill order? AI and the war in Iran Middle East A propos ‘Radical acceleration’ in AI military targeting raises oversight fears Technology Related keywords Iran war Iran Middle East Literature Art Page not found The content you requested does not exist or is not available anymore.
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