iran

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iran

Not without my daughter

1988
The true story of Betty Mahmoody's desperate struggle to survive and to escape with her daughter from the alien and frightening culture of Iran.

Children of the jinn

in search of the Kurds and their country
1980
Discusses the historical origins, culture, contemporary social organization, day-to-day life, and future hopes of the Kurds of Kurdistan, an area within the boundaries of Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Russia.

Prince of Persia

the sands of time
2010
A young prince must prove his innocence after being accused of killing his father, and in order to do so, he has to rely on help from a rival princess and reverse time with a magic dagger.

Home is beyond the mountains

2010
A fictional account of an Assyrian family on the run from the Turkish army in 1918. Young Samira loses her parents and ends up being shuffled from one refugee camp to another until an orphanage director comes up with a daring plan to take 300 orphans back to their villages. The children will have to make a journey of 300 miles on foot.

Iran and the Shia

2010
Examines the history of Iran and discusses how the country came to be the most significant Shiite power in the Islamic world.

Daughter of Persia

a woman's journey from her father's harem through the Islamic Revolution
2006
Autobiography of Sattareh Farman Farmaian her childhood in a Persian harem, founding of the Tehran School of Social Work and her flight from Iran.

The stone

a Persian legend of the Magi
1999
A retelling of the story told to Marco Polo about the Magi of Saveh, three wise men from a town in Persia, who followed a strange star and find a special child.

The rich man and the parrot

2007
In this retelling of a tale by Rumi, a parrot tricks a wealthy merchant into setting him free.

Forty fortunes

a tale of Iran
1999
A well-intentioned fortune-telling peasant unwittingly tricks a band of local thieves into returning the king's stolen treasure.

Is Iran a threat to global security?

2006
Twelve essays argue opposing points on the issue of whether Iran is a threat, discussing the country's nuclear program, diplomacy in American-Iranian relations, and other topics.

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