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A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America And American in Iran
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May 2006
On Sale: April 30, 2006
260 pages
ISBN: 1586483781
EAN: 9781586483784
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Now in trade paperback with a Reader's Guide inside: A
"compelling...guided tour through the underground youth
culture in Tehran...an illuminating book." (The New York Times) A favorite of readers and critics nationwide, Lipstick Jihad
is now available in the format most likely to appeal to its
natural market-and it now includes a wealth of new material
to interest readers and reading groups. Azadeh Moaveni was
born in Palo Alto, California, into the lap of an Iranian
diaspora community longing for an Iran many thousands of
miles away. As far back as she can remember she felt at odds
with her tangled identity. College magnified the clash
between Iran and America, and after graduating, she moved to
Tehran as a journalist. Immediately, Azadeh's exile
fantasies dissolved. Azadeh finds a country that is culturally confused,
politically deadlocked, and emotionally anguished. In order
to unlock the fundamental mystery of Iran-how nothing
perceptibly alters, but everything changes--she must delve
deep into Tehran's edgy underground. Lipstick Jihad is a
rare portrait of Tehran, populated by a cast of young people
whose exuberance and despair bring the modern reality of
Iran to vivid life. Azadeh also reveals her private struggle
to build a life in a dark country--the struggle of a young
woman of the diaspora, searching for a homeland that may not
exist.
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