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Newspaper Article
Iranian novelist bemoans Islamic revolution
2007
Overview
[Gina Nahai]'s parents emigrated because they wanted to give her and her sisters access to better opportunities abroad and because they were convinced that an upheaval in the guise of regime change was inevitable. \"They had a sense that ban was far more volatile than people thought. The shah was not an 'island of stability in the Middle East,' as [former U.S. president] Jimmy Carter claimed during a visit in 1977.\" \"Things were going well for Jews under the shah and his father,\" said Nahai. \"They protected us. The Jewish community was generally prosperous, but there were deep class divisions.\" She doubts whether the Jewish community will dwindle in the years ahead. \"Most Jews in Iran today feel secure enough,\" she said. \"They don't feel threatened enough to abandon their lives and go into exile.\"
Publisher
Canadian Jewish News
