Dina Nayeri : Marjane Satrapi brought Iranian women like me out of hiding (opens in new tab)

The Persepolis author understood us and translated us for the world. We have lost our most eloquent spokespersonMarjane Satrapi and every Iranian woman I know is in shock and mourning, while none seems confused by reports of the cause. She died “of sadness”, according to those close to her. Of course she did. Iranians often do. And Satrapi felt everything so intensely.For my cohort (girls who began their adolescence in 1980s Iran and ended it in the west) Marjane Satrapi was a spokesperson fo...