Majd, Hooman

Presents a look at Iranian politics and culture, examining social mores and Farsi phrases that reveal the sensibility of Persians, including a desire for privacy, praise, and poetry, and provides an assessment of the idiosyncrasies of President Ahmadinejad and other characteristics of Iran and its people.

Presents a look at Iranian politics and culture, examining social mores and Farsi phrases that reveal the sensibility of Persians, including a desire for privacy, praise, and poetry, and provides an assessment of the idiosyncrasies of President Ahmadinejad and other characteristics of Iran and its people.

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.