Meanings of marji' in English

Her family embraces the overthrow of the shah's regime, but Marji realises that Iran is not changing for the better.

Persepolis brings a lightness of touch to weighty topics, while the drawings capture precisely Marji's bewilderment at her rapidly changing world.

At school, headscarves and veils transform Marji and her classmates into rows of Russian dolls, peeking timidly from behind each other's sloping shoulders.