MARYAM’S
MEMORY
Maryam was 8 years old in 1979. She lived with her family in a town in north western Iran. She told us about her memories on September 26th, 2016.
Maryam experienced the revolution as a series of strange events that altered the normal routine of her life and the behaviour of grownups around her. Here Maryam remembers one of these intense moments: her grandparents breaking down in front of her after a news announcement.
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As a child, Maryam had to navigate her curiosity about the revolution with her sense of loyalty to her family. This is how she remembers these childhood dilemmas.
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The revolution changed Maryam’s life completely by dispersing her extended family around the world. Here she tells us about her feelings of loss after her eighth birthday, the last gathering with her entire extended family.
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