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• After resigning from the University of Tehran, Nafisi forms a group of seven female students to study literature in her home.

• Before she leaves Tehran for the United States, Nafisi takes two photographs of the students.

• In Tehran, Nafisi's apartment serves as an intellectual oasis for the seven students.

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• Nafisi sets the stage for the first day of class for the study group.

• Nafisi reflects on the reasons she resigned from teaching at the University of Tehran.

• The seven students are chosen because they were outsiders or loners.

• All the students in the group are female, because a group of men and women would arouse suspicion.

• Nafisi describes individual characteristics of the students.

Part 1: Chapter 5 | Part 1: Chapter 6

• The students are nervous about meeting in a private, somewhat dangerous setting.

• The first work the class discusses is "A Thousand and One...

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