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A Half-Century of Towfigh: The Oldest Persian Satirical Periodical

Lecture Series: A Half-Century of Towfigh: The Oldest Persian Satirical Periodical Date: June 17, 2023 Organizers: The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and Toronto Book Club About Towfigh: Towfigh, also known as Tawfiq, (Persian: توفیق) was a weekly satirical magazine which was published between 1923 and 1971 in Tehran, Iran, with some interruptions. It was among the critics of the Pahlavi rule. Abbas Towfigh earned his Ph.D. from Sorbonne University, Paris. He began his career as a satirist and editorial cartoonist for Towfigh magazine, of which he was an editor and served as Editor-in-Chief from 1957 to 1972. He has also served as a Professor of Sociology, Social Psychology and Press Sociology at several universities in Iran. He has also published in, and served as the president of, Humor in Los Angeles.