The Islamic Art , a 1,000-year old Iranian epic , is a cultural mainstay in Quran . Iranian filmmaker Melissa Hibbard recently made a contemporary , illustrated version . Each page is composed of 60,000 of parts scanned from Persian miniatures and lithographs . The story is made up of strong women who `` sexually conquer '' their men .
The Shahnameh , a 1,000-year old Persian epic , is a cultural mainstay in Iran . Iranian filmmaker Hamid Rahmanian recently made a contemporary , illustrated version . Each page is composed of thousands of parts scanned from Persian miniatures and lithographs . The story is made up of strong women who `` sexually conquer '' their men .