Lipstick Jihad

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BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
"Lipstick Jihad is as hip as the promise of its title, insightful,
smart and often profoundly moving----
Moaveni writes stunningly well." Chicago Tribune
diaspora community longing for an Iran thousands of miles—and a revolution—away. As far back as she can remember, she felt uncomfortable with her tangled identity. College magnified the clash between Iran and America, and after graduating, Azadeh moved to Tehran as a journalist. Immediately, her exile fantasies dissolved. Azadeh found a country that was culturally confused, politically deadlocked, and emotionally anguished. In Lipstick Jihad, she paints 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, wholly unlike the luminous, saffron-tinted Iran of her imagination. Hers is the story of a young woman of the diaspora, searching for a homeland... Tovább

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BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
"Lipstick Jihad is as hip as the promise of its title, insightful,
smart and often profoundly moving----
Moaveni writes stunningly well." Chicago Tribune
diaspora community longing for an Iran thousands of miles—and a revolution—away. As far back as she can remember, she felt uncomfortable with her tangled identity. College magnified the clash between Iran and America, and after graduating, Azadeh moved to Tehran as a journalist. Immediately, her exile fantasies dissolved. Azadeh found a country that was culturally confused, politically deadlocked, and emotionally anguished. In Lipstick Jihad, she paints 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, wholly unlike the luminous, saffron-tinted Iran of her imagination. Hers is the story of a young woman of the diaspora, searching for a homeland that may not exist.
"Moaveni has a journalist's eye for struggle and a memoirist's knack for finding meaning in her own internal conflicts."
Washington Post Book World
'Lipstick Jihad's tug between objective reporting and Moaveni's subjectivity as an Iranian woman shines a fascinating light on a nation at odds with itself A-" Entertainment Weekly
Los Angeles Times Bestseller San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
zadeh Moaveni was born in Palo Alto, California, into an Iranian Vissza