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The Valleys of the Assassins

The Valleys of the Assassins
  • Author(s): Freya Stark
  • Location(s): Iran
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1930s

Growing up in near-poverty and denied a formal education, Freya Stark had nurtured a fascination for the Middle East since reading Arabian Nights as a child. But it wasn’t until she was in her thirties that she was able...

Two Wings of a Nightingale

Two Wings of a Nightingale
  • Author(s): Jill Worrall
  • Location(s): Iran
  • Genre(s): Travelogue, Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Iran is probably the most misunderstood country in the world, and its people are among the most feared. Award-winning travel writer Jill Worrall, with her friend Reza Mirkhalaf, a leading tour manager from Tehran, describe an Iran the world...

Women Without Men

Women Without Men
  • Author(s): Shahrnush Parsipur, Faridoun Farrokh (Translator)
  • Location(s): Iran
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A modern literary masterpiece, Women Without Men creates an evocative and powerfully drawn allegory of life in contemporary Iran. Internationally acclaimed writer Shahrnush Parsipur follows the interwoven destinies of five women including a prostitute, a wealthy middle-aged housewife and...

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