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Book Review- “The Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi

Today, I would like to make a short review of a book called “Persepolis” written by Marjane Satrapi. Marjane Satrapi is a French writer with Iranian origins.  I have prepared certain questions to answer (isn’t it more fun this way?) First, why is  the book  good? What can we extract from the reading? Second, what is special about the style? Third, what is special about the author? What is special about the style? It is a story put in comics, a story in graphical images. As a result, you feel more connected to the writer; there is a bigger chance to understand what she really meant. Moreover, this way is more fun and easier to read, you dive into the stream of the contrasting images of the author’s story, it takes you through the book with a fine speed. What is special about the author? Are there any situations, people, events, you are willing to erase from your past?  How many of you are ready to share their negative memories. Everyone has an unpleasant experience or so

Summary and Review of an article written by Mia Bloom and Chelsey Daymon- “Assessing the Future Threat: ISIS’s Virtual Caliphate."

I start my analysis from what we see first- name. There were multiple claims by countries leaders’ that  DAESH’s 1  days are counted, that the territories were successfully cleared. However, the authors suggest the new appeared threat, which they call ‘virtual caliphate’. It can be more dangerous as it has no real restrictions and boundaries, it is decentralised, thus more flexible by its nature. Writers started from the general perils of the social media, Telegram is seen as a tool in the hands of terrorists due to its unique settings, making it easier to share and impose propaganda on its users. They also explain what is getting done to prevent the flourishing of propaganda, as well as the authors'  idea of  the resolution of the problem. The aim of the researches is “to investigate how Telegram used by ISIS and its supporters and assess what kind of threat the use of Telegram poses for the future.”  Now let me jump to the summary itself. The starting point of the paper is “