MAHBOUBEH’S
MEMORY
Mahboubeh was in her mid-20s in 1979. She had moved to Canada the previous year to pursue post-secondary studies. She told us about her memories on November 10, 2016.
Please browse the flipbook above for a selection of news pieces Mahboubeh collected.
It took Mahboubeh a few days to grasp that the revolution was taking place. She followed the events of the revolution by watching TV and reading as many news magazines as she could find.
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A defining moment of the revolution for Mahboubeh was watching the hostage crisis unfold on Ted Koppel’s news broadcast. Listen as she recalls these memories.
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Mahboubeh describes feeling painfully disconnected from the events of Iran as access to news was delayed and limited.
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Mahboubeh recalls a specific Time Magazine cover which has stayed in her memory since the revolution—an illustration of a young man jumping over a fire.
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