![]() ![]() The political devastation and coup d’etat brings life to a halt. ![]() But just as great things happen in the blink of an eye, far devastating fate awaits the couple. Mr Fakhri introduces the two lovers who find comfort in his shop, exchanging letters and books, and carving a life for themselves. When she meets Bahman, the boy destined to change the world, a political activist with a burning passion for justice, Roya’s world also changes. While her father openly embraces the new political reforms which allows girls to go to university, Roya seeks solace in the written word. Roya, swayed by Rumi’s poetry and translated works( also a testament to Tehran’s growing cultural richness), frequents this quaint stationery shop. While the political upheaval seemed to be simmering with a quiet intensity, a similar passion was brewing in Mr Fakhri’s coveted shop. But as anti-Mosaddegh protests erupt, and Shah supporters along with British and American forces gain power, the country begins to crumble. Iran of the 1950s was bursting in a renewed sense of freedom and nationalism under democratically-elected Prime Minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. Reading The Stationery Shop of Tehran was like being blown away by the winds the way your body swirls, dancing in defiance against the rising political turmoil, the forces that stifle dissent, and finally landing with a crash in Mr Fakhri’s humble abode, the stationery shop. ![]()
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