They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents Toloui-Semnani Neda
From a daughter of Iranian revolutionaries, activists, immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers comes a gripping and emotional memoir of family and the tumultuous history of two nations.In 1969, Neda…
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From a daughter of Iranian revolutionaries, activists, immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers comes a gripping and emotional memoir of family and the tumultuous history of two nations.In 1969, Neda Toloui-Semnani's Iranian-born parents were politically active Berkeley students fired up by America's antiwar movement. Almost a decade later, Iran was on the brink of revolution, and Faramarz and Farahnaz returned to Iran to witness the end of the monarchy and the rise of the Islamic Republic. With the new regime came international isolation, cultural devastation, and profound personal loss for Neda. Conflicted for years about her parents' choices, Neda realized that to move forward, she had to face the past head-on.In exploring, reconciling, and embracing the story of her parents, Neda untangles more than sixty years of Irano-American relations, from their
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