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The Ayatollah Begs to Differ Summary

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ

The Paradox of Modern Iran

by Hooman Majd 2008 272 pages

Reading Lolita in Tehran Summary

Reading Lolita in Tehran

by Azar Nafisi 2003 384 pages

Until We Are Free Summary

Until We Are Free

My Fight for Human Rights in Iran

by Shirin Ebadi 2016 304 pages

Iran Awakening Summary

A memoir of revolution and hope

by Shirin Ebadi 2009 256 pages

Black Wave Summary

Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East

by Kim Ghattas 2020 400 pages

The Wind in My Hair Summary

The Wind in My Hair

My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran

by Masih Alinejad 2018 400 pages

Funny in Farsi Summary

A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America

by Firoozeh Dumas 2004 240 pages

A History of Modern Iran Summary

A History of Modern Iran

by Ervand Abrahamian 2008 228 pages

Lipstick Jihad Summary

A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran

by Azadeh Moaveni 2005 272 pages

Biography Memoir

Laughing Without an Accent Summary

Laughing Without an Accent

Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad

by Firoozeh Dumas 2008 226 pages

The Shah Summary

by Abbas Milani 2011 496 pages

Prisoner Summary

My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison―Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out

by Jason Rezaian 2019 320 pages

The Oil Kings Summary

How the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East

by Andrew Scott Cooper 2011 546 pages

The Fall of Heaven Summary

The Fall of Heaven

The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran

by Andrew Scott Cooper 2016 608 pages

Persian Girls Summary

by Nahid Rachlin 2006 304 pages

Not Without My Daughter Summary

Not Without My Daughter

by Betty Mahmoody

Khomeinism Summary

Essays on the Islamic Republic

by Ervand Abrahamian

The Last Shah Summary

America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty

by Ray Takeyh 2021 336 pages

Justice and Remembrance Summary

Justice and Remembrance

Introducing the Spirituality of Imam Ali

by Reza Shah-Kazemi 2006 266 pages

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