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By Majd, Hoomanc2008., Doubleday Call No: 955.05 M233a Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The son of an Iranian diplomat and the grandson of an ayatollah grew up in exile, yet he also remained closely attached to his homeland. Majd's reports on his travels throughout Iran try to explain the economic, political, and social forces that lie at its heart, and to show the paradoxes of the Iranian character that have baffled Americans.
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-- My life with the Shah, a memoir.c2004., Miramax Books Call No: Bio M6972f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2014., General Store Publishing House Call No: 305.409 G595f Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Author Sima Goelœs Fleeing the Hijab: A Jewish Womanœs Escape from Iran is a vivid portrait of a dangerous journey made by two teenaged women through the Iranian desert to Pakistan, where, as homeless refugees, they struggled desperately to find some way to escape to the West. This true story needs to be heard and remembered. It was the last straw! The Ayatollah Khomeini had decreed that all women in Iran must wear the hijab, whether they were Muslim, Jewish, Christian, or Bahá'í. Thirteen-year-old Sima had gone out into the streets of Shiraz to demonstrate for freedom from the Shahœs oppressive rule, and now that he had fled the country, this was the result: a new regime, and much more dangerous oppression. The changes Ayatollah Khomeiniœs regime forced on the population were totally incompatible with Simaœs ambitions and sense of personal freedom. Blacklisted by her school, unable to continue her studies, mourning the loss of innocent family members and friends murdered by the new regime, and forced to wear the hijab, she realized she had to leave her beloved birthplace and find a country where she could be free to follow her dreams.
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2019., Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press Call No: Bio S241f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2009., Random House Call No: 305.48 M687m Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The Iranian-American author describes her return to Iran as a reporter for "Time" magazine, her marriage to an Iranian man, the repressive Iranian society and its impact, and her family's decision to leave Iran.
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By Moin, Baqer2000., Thomas Dunne Books Call No: Bio K45m Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2003., Pantheon Books Call No: GN Bio S253p v. 1 Edition: 1st America ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2019., Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: Bio R467p Edition: First Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In July 2014, Washington Post Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaian was arrested by Iranian police, accused of spying for America. The charges were absurd. In this memoir, Rezaian writes of his exhausting interrogations and farcical trial. He also reflects on his life and childhood.
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By Nafisi, Azarc2004., Random House Call No: 820.9 N146r Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Prof. Nafisi resigned from her job as professor of English Literature at a university in Tehran in 1995 due to repressive government policies. For the next 2 years, until she left Iran, she gathered 7 young women, former students, at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss works of Western literature forbidden by the new regime. They used this forum to learn to speak freely, not only about literature, but also about the social, political, and cultural realities of living under strict Islamic rule.
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2012., HarperCollins Canada Call No: 323.092 N334t Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The remarkable story of two women named Nazaninone a Canadian at the height of her career, the other a teenager on death row in Iranand how one email changed their lives forever.Nazanin Afshin-Jam was on top of the world. In 2006, she had just signed her first record deal and, after placing as first runner-up for Miss World, was a sought-after fashion model and an icon within the Iranian dissident community. But one afternoon, she received an email that would change the course of her life. The subject of that emaila Kurdish girl named Nazanin Fatehiwas facing execution in Iran, as punishment for stabbing a man who had tried to rape her. Afshin-Jam quickly came to Fatehiœs defence, striding into the world of international diplomacy and confronting the dark side of the country of her birth, with its honour killings, violence against women and state-sanctioned execution of children. While Fatehi languished in prison, experiencing conditions so deplorable she attempted to end her own life, Afshin-Jam worked desperately on the campaign to save her. The Tale of Two Nazanins weaves together the lives of two womenone leading a life of opportunity, the other living in abject povertyand a fight for justice that, if only for a moment, brought the Iranian regime to its knees. An inspiring story of the bonds of sisterhood, this extraordinary book speaks to the power of every individual to foster positive change in the world.
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-- Things I have been silent about.By Nafisi, Azarc2008., Random House Call No: 820.9 N146t Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Azar Nafisi, author of the international bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, now gives readers a stunning personal story of growing up in a family in Iran, moving memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and difficult mother, against the background of Iran during a time of revolution and change.
