Art Is As Useful As Bread.

Visa For Avalon Is A Testament To The Power Of Fiction. It Illuminates The Truth At The Heart Of What Is Commonly Called Reality. This Account Of Lives Transformed And Ruined By The Triumph Of A Totalitarian Rule Is A Timely Reminder Of How Moral And Intellectual Laziness And Apathy Can Pave The Road To The Reign Of Terror Brought On By Such A System.

When I First Left Iran At The Age Of 13, Iran Had Become Such A Shining Star - It Was The Point To Which All My Desires And Dreams Returned.

Unfortunately For Governments Like That Of Iran, When They Forbid Something, People Become More Interested.

Look At Ayatollah Khomeini's Revolution And The Slogans That They Used: Anti-imperialism; Anti-colonialism; The Struggle Of The Have-nots Against The Haves; The State Monopoly Over Economy, Which Was Very Much Patterned After The Soviet Union. All Of These Things Did Not Come Out Of Islam. Islam Is Not That Developed.

After The Rigged Iranian Presidential Elections In 2009, The Islamic Regime Attacked The 'humanities' As The Main Source Of Protests, The Most Effective Tool Used By The West, Especially America, To Corrupt And Incite Iranian Youth, And Finally Closed Down All The Humanities Departments In Iran's Universities.