This book tells the story of Ahmadinejad's first election and how the first years of his administration affected the daily lives of people and, specifically, this reporter.Azadeh Moaveni takes you through the naiveté of reform minded voters who justified their sitting out the 2005 election since ...
An engaging account of the author's life in Tehran immediately before and during Ahmadinejad's first term as president. It's a very personal book, but she does a great job weaving the events of her own life into what was happening around her. She's a great writer. My husband was reading this book...
I love to travel, but I hate airplanes and fear "traveler's diarrhea." I also am risk-averse, and know that, realistically, I will probably never work up the guts to travel to the more politically dangerous areas of the world even if I could scrounge up the money and vacation time to do so. It's ...
And should I visit it in memory, It would be as I would a past lover, After years, for a night, no longer restless with passion, With no fear of regret. I have reached that age when one visits the heart merely as a courtesy. —FAIZ AHMED FAIZ It was so cool and quiet up in the toot (mulberry) tree...
