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A mirror garden
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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… |
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My Prison, My Home
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Haleh Esfandiari |
At the Ministry of Intelligence in Tehran, a man in a checkered shirt sits down in an easy chair. He removes several documents from his pocket and hands one to Haleh Esfandiari, a sixty-seven-year-ol… |
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The poet's daughter
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Parvānah Bahār |
Intimate and emotionally engaging, this powerful and timely memoir introduces western readers to the high-profile Iranian hero Malek o'Shoara Bahar--whose freedom poem "Morghe Sahar" ("Bird of dawn")… |
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Becoming visible in Iran
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Mehri Honarbin-Holliday |
"The state of women in Islamic societies is the subject of much interest and heated debate. Yet, these discussions and representations in the media and elsewhere rely on inadequate information and mi… |
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Under the Same Sky: From Iran to Australia, an unforgettable story of seeking refuge, being torn ap…
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Shamsalipoor Mojgan |
xviii, 333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm |
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The lonely war
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Nazila Fathi |
"As a nine-year-old Tehrani schoolgirl during the Iranian Revolution, Nazila Fathi watched her country change before her eyes. The revolutionaries-- most of them poor, uneducated, and radicalized-- s… |
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The good Daughter
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Jasmin Darznik |
The author relates a wrenching hidden story of her family's true origins in Iran: her mother's troubled history of abuse and neglect, and a daughter, Sara, whom she was forced to abandon in order to … |
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Leila's Secret
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Kooshyar Karimi |
281 pages ; 20 cm |
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Things I've been silent about
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Azar Nafisi |
"In this stunning new book, Nafisi returns to Iran and her childhood to deliver an exquisite and moving portrait of a family's life, a life lived in thrall to Nafisi's powerful mother." - - Provided … |
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Not Without My Daughter
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William Hoffer,Betty Mahmoody |
Imagine yourself alone and vulnerable, trapped by a husband you thought you trusted, and held prisoner in his native Iran; a land where women have no rights and Americans are despised. For one Americ… |
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