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Lipstick Jihad

A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America And American in Iran

By Azadeh Moaveni

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| Paperback | 9781586483784

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Now in trade paperback with a Reader's Guide inside: A "compelling...guided tour through the underground youth culture in Tehran...an illuminating book." (The New York Times)

A favorite of readers and critics nationwide, Lipstick Jihad is now available in the format most likely to Continue

Now in trade paperback with a Reader's Guide inside: A "compelling...guided tour through the underground youth culture in Tehran...an illuminating book." (The New York Times)

A favorite of readers and critics nationwide, Lipstick Jihad is now available in the format most likely to appeal to its natural market-and it now includes a wealth of new material to interest readers and reading groups. Azadeh Moaveni was born in Palo Alto, California, into the lap of an Iranian diaspora community longing for an Iran many thousands of miles away. As far back as she can remember she felt at odds with her tangled identity. College magnified the clash between Iran and America, and after graduating, she moved to Tehran as a journalist. Immediately, Azadeh's exile fantasies dissolved.

Azadeh finds a country that is culturally confused, politically deadlocked, and emotionally anguished. In order to unlock the fundamental mystery of Iran-how nothing perceptibly alters, but everything changes--she must delve deep into Tehran's edgy underground. Lipstick Jihad is 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--the struggle of a young woman of the diaspora, searching for a homeland that may not exist.

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  • Lipstick Jihad By Azadeh Moaveni

    A reporter for Time who worked in Tehran from 2000-2001, Moaveni writes perceptively in her latest book about what it's like to be a permanent outsider, forever caught between two cultures. Raised in California, she is the child of Iranian exiles. As ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

  • Lipstick Jihad

    Kabul In Winter by Anne Jones In these two books, two remarkable women share two highly personal stories that make fascinating reading and help shed light on Afghanistan and Iran, two countries currently of great importance in world affairs yet that ... (read full critics)

    asianreviewofbooks published on Thu, 2 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 260 Pages
  • Edition: New Ed
  • ISBN-10: 1586483781
  • ISBN-13: 9781586483784
  • Publisher: PublicAffairs
  • Pub date: Apr 30, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
  • In other languages: other languages Libri Italiani
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