For its style and subject matter, Zahra’s Paradise is drawing comparisons to Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s French-language graphic novel that is set in Iran before and after the Islamic Revolution.

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Zahra’s Paradise was featured in a US and International tv and online short:

On Friday, First Second Books will begin publishing a serialized Web comic about Iran, which will explore social, political and human rights issues in the country.

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