a very short introduction
A01=Hooman Majd
after books box set
Author_Hooman Majd
british army
Category=NHG
christopher de bellaigue
city of lies
death of stalin
dinesh d'souza
eq_bestseller
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
gods wolf
gone with the wind
hafez poetry
history
holidays in hell
iran
iran history
iraq war books
kapuscinski ryszard
lonely planet
middle east
middle eastern
nonfiction
penguin classics
penguin english library
rory stewart
sabrina ghayour
saudi arabia
stuart maconie
terror in tehran
the dark shah
the darkening
the lure of greatness
the vietnam war
travel guide
travel guides
voltaire
why nations fail
Product details
- ISBN 9780141047416
- Weight: 213g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 27 Aug 2009
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Hooman Majd, acclaimed journalist and New York-residing grandson of an Ayatollah, has a unique perspective on his Iranian homeland. In this vivid, warm and humorous insider's account, he opens our eyes to an Iran that few people see, meeting opium-smoking clerics, women cab drivers and sartorially challenged presidential officials, among others.
Revealing a country where both t-shirt wearing teenagers and religious martyrs express pride in their Persian origins, that is deeply religious yet highly cosmopolitan, authoritarian yet reformist, this is the one book you should read to understand Iran and Iranians today.
Hooman Majd was born in Tehran, Iran in 1957 and brought up in Britain and the United States. He has written about Iran for Newsweek, the Financial Times, GQ, The New Yorker and The New York Times among others and comments on the situation in Iran for a wide variety of media. With links to both conservative and secular Iran during his frequent visits, his writing offers a unique perspective on the country, one both 100% Iranian and 100% American. He lives in New York City.
