Daughter Of Persia

Daughter Of Persia by Sattareh Farmaian


ISBN
9780552139281
Published
Released
01 / 10 / 2004
Binding
Paperback
Pages
560
Dimensions
106 x 178 x 35mm

Long before fatwas and ayatollahs, the daughter of a 'shazdeh', or prince, grew up in a Tehran harem. Sattareh lived with numerous mothers, more than 30 siblings and some thousand servants. Sattareh's father may have been autocratic, infuriatingly stingy and over 60 at the time of her birth, but he was also unusually enlightened. His motto "education is everything" applied as much to daughters as to sons. It paid off, for Sattareh provides an accomplished portrait of a childhood enriched by nightingales and bazaars, politics and family romances. More impressively, she broke with tradition to study in California, returned to found the Tehran School of Social Work and, after the Shah's downfall, survived execution by a whisker.

Here is a woman's journey from her father's harem through the Islamic Revolution. Sattareh's memories of her childhood are lyrical and enchanting.
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