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A mirror garden A mirror garden Zara Houshmand,Monir Farmanfarmaian,Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian In Persia in 1924, when a child still had to worry about hostile camels in the bazaar, the extraordinary and irresistible Monir was born. From the enchanted basement storeroom where she played as a g… OL12374325W
The ayatollah begs to differ The ayatollah begs to differ Hooman Majd A revealing look at Iran by an American journalist with an insider's access behind Persian wallsThe grandson of an eminent ayatollah and the son of an Iranian diplomat, now an American citizen, Hooma… OL13617774W
Honeymoon in Tehran Honeymoon in Tehran Azadeh Moaveni Both a love story and a reporter's first draft of history, Honeymoon in Tehran is a stirring, trenchant, and deeply personal chronicle of two years in the maelstrom of Iranian life. In 2005, Azadeh M… OL13752268W
My name is Iran My name is Iran Davar Ardalan "Drawing on her remarkable personal history, NPR producer Davar Ardalan brings us the lives of three generations of women and their ordeals with love, rejection, and revolution. Her American grandmot… OL16064029W
Fashion is freedom Fashion is freedom Tala Raassi "Since she was young, Tala Raassi knew her fate lay in fashion. But growing up in her beloved homeland of Iran, a woman can be punished for exposing her hair in public, let alone wearing the newest t… OL17867573W
Golden years Golden years Ali Eskandarian In November 2013, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Ali Eskandarian was murdered alongside two members of the Iranian band, The Yellow Dogs. In the months leading up to this terrible event, Ali had been in … OL17923155W
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel Sara Farizan When Leila develops a crush on a new female student she has to decide if her sexuality is something she wants to share with everyone else. OL18008838W
From Fire, by Water From Fire, by Water Sohrab Ahmari Sohrab Ahmari was a teenager living under the Iranian ayatollahs when he decided that there is no God. Nearly two decades later, he would be received into the Roman Catholic Church. In From Fire, by… OL19364675W
House of sand and fog House of sand and fog Andre Dubus III On a road crew in California, a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force under the Shah yearns to restore his family's dignity. When an attractive bungalow comes available on county auction for a frac… OL19668236W
The Authentics The Authentics Abdi Nazemian Daria Esfandyar is an Iranian American fiercely proud of her heritage. She and her friends call themselves the Authentics, because they pride themselves on always keeping it real. But in the course o… OL19713488W
Americanized Americanized Sara Saedi "At thirteen, bright-eyed, straight-A student Sara Saedi uncovered a terrible family secret: she was breaking the law simply by living in the United States. Only two years old when her parents fled I… OL19731617W
No Rouz No Rouz E. S. Zameen Join Soheyla, a six-year-old Iranian-American girl as she celebrates No Rouz, the major holiday of the Iranian people. OL20886425W
Borderline Borderline Allan Stratton The truth is closing in.Life's not easy for Sami Sabiri since his dad stuck him at a private school where he's the only Muslim kid. But it's about to get a lot worse.When Sami catches his father in a… OL3796981W
Laughing Without an Accent Laughing Without an Accent Firoozeh Dumas In the bestselling memoir Funny in Farsi, Firoozeh Dumas recounted her adventures growing up Iranian American in Southern California. Now she again mines her rich Persian heritage in Laughing Without… OL5959477W