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SUMMARY:Open Wide the Doors: The Prison Memoirs of Mahvash Sabet
DESCRIPTION:In 2018\, during her brief respite of freedom between two decad
 e-long prison sentences\, Mahvash Sabet asked Bahiyyih Nakhjavani and Azit
 a Mottahedeh to work on her memoirs and make a book that could convey her 
 story in English. They set to work\, with Mottahedeh translating the Persi
 an original\, word for word\, and Nakhjavani attempting to structure a nar
 rative from the more than 750 pages of a harrowing and uplifting testimony
  which Sabet smuggled out of prison over the years. “In this discussion\
 , we will explore the decisions involved and the methods followed in the c
 ourse of creating this book\, as well as the distinctive characteristics o
 f Mahvash Sabet's style\, tone and intent\, which we hope have survived th
 e translation. We will share the ways in which this prison memoir may be d
 ifferent from others and at the same time how it seems to bear witness to 
 the many which might never be written. Above all we will try to share Mahv
 ash’s extraordinary capacity to transform despair into hope\,…\n\nhttp
 s://localz.events/e/open-wide-the-doors-the-prison-memoirs-of-mahvash-sabe
 t-123036
LOCATION:Stanford
URL:https://localz.events/e/open-wide-the-doors-the-prison-memoirs-of-mahva
 sh-sabet-123036
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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