"A riveting memoir about an inspiring Iranian woman and her country's road to revolution." "A lesson about the value of personal freedom and what happens to a nation when its people are denied the right to direct their own destiny. This is a book Americans should read." --Washington Post The fifteenth of thirty-six children, Sattareh Farman Farmaian was born in Iran in 1921 to a wealthy and powerful shazdeh, or prince, and spent a happy childhood in her father's Tehran harem. Inspired and empowered by his ardent belief in education, she defied tradition by traveling alone at the age of twenty-three to the United States to study at the University of Southern California. Ten years later, she returned to Tehran and founded the first school of social work in Iran. Intertwined with Sattareh's personal story is her unique perspective on the Iranian political and social upheaval that have rocked Iran throughout the twentieth century, from the 1953 American-backed coup that toppled democratic premier Mossadegh to the brutal regime of the Shah and Ayatollah Khomeini's fanatic and anti-Western Islamic Republic. In 1979, after two decades of tirelessly serving Iran's neediest, Sattareh was arrested as a counterrevolutionary and branded an imperialist by Ayatollah Khomeini's radical students. Daughter of Persia is the remarkable story of a woman and a nation in the grip of profound change.
Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey from Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic Revolution
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Author: Farmaian, Sattareh Farman
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780307339744
Details:
Author: Farmaian, Sattareh Farman
Brand: Broadway Books
Color: Black
Edition: NO-VALUE
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 432
Release Date: 27-06-2006
model number: BP53035-ART-PARENT
Part Number: 9780307339744
Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.0 x 1.0 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780307339744
