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15%OFFNazila Fathi - The Lonely War: One Woman’s Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran - 9780465069996 - V9780465069996
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The Lonely War: One Woman’s Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran

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Description for The Lonely War: One Woman’s Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 568.
In the summer of 2009, as she was covering the popular uprisings in Tehran for the New York Times , Iranian journalist Nazila Fathi received a phone call. They have given your photo to snipers," a government source warned her. Soon after, with undercover agents closing in, Fathi fled the country with her husband and two children, beginning a life of exile.In The Lonely War , Fathi interweaves her story with that of the country she left behind, showing how Iran is locked in a battle between hardliners and reformers that dates back to the country's 1979 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465069996
SKU
V9780465069996
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About Nazila Fathi
Nazila Fathi worked for two decades as an Iranian correspondent for The New York Times before being forced to flee the country in 2009 at the height of the Green Revolution. Currently a writer for NPR and Foreign Policy and a commentator for Persian Language Voice of America television, she has held fellowships at Harvard University's Belfer Center at ... Read more

Reviews for The Lonely War: One Woman’s Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran
"Richly informative and insightful
a wonderful book and a great read."
Leila Ahmed, author of A Border Passage: From Cairo to America
A Woman's Journey "Nazila Fathi's The Lonely War is both a touching personal story that illuminates the struggles of life in Iran and a broader reflection on the sociopolitical effects of the Islamic revolution on the Iranian people. With so ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Lonely War: One Woman’s Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran


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