The book is written with the assistance of azadeh moaveni, who went on to write her own very engrossing memoirs of her life as a young person in iran. May 01, 2006 she will be discussing her book, iran awakening. A memoir of revolution and hope by shirin ibadi and azadeh moaveni. One of the most remarkable resistance heroines of our dangerous times saturday telegraph 15th. One womans struggle at the crossroads of history by shirin ebadi. In a country where voices are too often muted and silenced by brutal force, there is one woman who is a powerful voice for change.
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One womans journey to reclaim her life and country. A memoir of revolution and hope, random house new york, ny, 2006. I have long wanted to write a memoir of these years, told from the perspective of a woman who was sidelined by the islamic revolution but stayed in iran and carved. A memoir of revolution and hope is clearly to expose details of the iranian regimes postrevolutionary history that conform to western perceptions about the islamic republic.
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