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"What was Towfigh Magazine and How it Came to Be?" A Talk & Book-Signing by Dr. Abbas Towfigh

Please join us on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, 6:00 - 8:00 pm in UC Irvine's Humanities Gateway (HG) 1010 for a talk titled "What was Towfigh Magazine and How it Came to Be?" by Dr. Abbas Towfigh (Towfigh Magazine).

Abbas Towfigh taught at several universities in Iran and is a poet, author, writer, satirist, and the former editor-in-chief of "Towfigh" satirical paper. He will discuss the ban on the most influential satirical paper in modern Iranian history.

This talk is in PERSIAN.

The talk will be followed by a book-signing of Dr. Towfigh's latest book.

This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required.

This event is presented by UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies & Culture.

Venue's address: UC Irvine (4100 Humanities Gateway, Irvine, CA 92697), Room HG 1010

Closest parking structures are Mesa Parking Structure and Student Center Parking Structure. Parking permits are required at all time at UC Irvine's campus and daily or hourly permits could be purchased from manned or automated kiosks in the parking structures.