《我在伊朗长大》全系列共四册，在法国推出时大获好评，被译成十多种文字，并获得了包括2004年德国法兰克福书展“最佳漫画奖”等多个漫画书大奖。 这套连环图述说了一个伊朗小女孩在伊斯兰革命时期的成长故事。这个小女孩经历了国王被推翻、伊斯兰革命、与伊拉克战争等国家大事。作者玛嘉·莎塔碧述说的正是她本人的成长经验。 作者运用简单的线条和黑白对比带出这个震撼人心的故事。大量黑色的运用令画面充满力量。随着主角Marji的成长，读者可以深入地了解伊朗的历史、政治和文化。

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.

Complications arise in a director's attempt to film a scene in Life, and Nothing More... (1992).