iran

King Artaxerxes is not satisfied by any of the gifts he receives until a shepherd boy gives him a plain jar of water.

Retells the Old Testament story of how the young Jewish girl, Esther, became queen of Persia and used her influence to stop the evil minister Haman from killing all the Jews. The feast of Purim commemorates this event.

Roxana Saberi chronicles her experiences as an Iranian-American journalist who was accused of espionage and imprisoned while she was working in Iran in 2009, and also discusses the political tensions within the Middle Eastern nation.

In Iran, a young girl with three suitors gets permission from her father and a holy man to weave into her wedding rug a riddle to be solved by her future husband, which will ensure that he has wit to match hers.

A retelling of the traditional Persian tale of how the patient stone helps a mistreated young girl achieve her true destiny.

Hooman Majd, an American journalist born in Iran, disembarked at the Tehran airport in February 2011. With him were his wife Karri and infant son, Khash. The family planned to stay for a year, and Hooman, son of a diplomat under the Shah and grandson of an ayatollah, was looking forward to his visit, the first time he had lived in his homeland since childhood. His book recounts his family's domestic adventures and a tumultuous year in Iranian politics. The result provides an unusual insight into a little-understood country.

The Iran of Reza Kahlili's youth allowed him to think and act freely. His political and personal freedoms flourished while he studied computer science at the University of Southern California in the 1970's. The sudden death of his father brought him back to an Iran he scarely recognized. The revolution of 1979 plunged Iran into a dark age of fundamentalism. In the hope of a Persian Renaissance, he joined the Revolutionary Guards, an elite force devoted to the Ayatollah. But Ayatollah Khomeini was becoming a fundamentalist tyrant and so Reza became "Wally", and worked for the CIA as he continued his life as a Revolutionary Guard.

Contains twenty-three essays offering different perspectives on Iran's green movement, discussing it's true nature, whether or not it's related to uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, and the future of the movement.

Presents an overview of the struggle for women's rights in Iran, chronicling the events, organizations, and leaders of the movement.