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Nonfiction Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests: The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran Jason Sion Mokhtarian
Essay Of Lutis and Looters: History as the Sister of Fiction Earlier this week, Parnaz Foroutan wrote about her childhood determination to learn English after seeing a girl who looked just like her on the cover of Anne… Parnaz Foroutan August 19, 2015
Nonfiction Journey From the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran Roya Hakakian
Essay Remembering Hebrew School in Iranian Prison Earlier this week, Joshua Fattal wrote about being a Jew celebrating Christmas in Iranian prison. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Joshua Fattal March 19, 2014
Essay Jews Don’t Celebrate Christmas (Except in Prison in the Islam Republic of Iran) Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer, and Sarah Shourd were imprisoned in Iran in 2009. Shourd was released one year later and worked to secure Bauer and Fattal’s return in 2011. Since… Joshua Fattal March 17, 2014
Nonfiction A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, Sarah Shourd
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The New Persian Kitchen Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJBC Network author Louisa Shafia returns with her latest cookbook, The New Persian Kitchen (Ten Speed Press). If this one is… Naomi Firestone-Teeter April 25, 2013
Nonfiction From the Shahs to Los Angeles: Three Generations of Iranian Jewish Women between Religion and Culture Saba Soomekh
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Girl With a Brave Heart Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterOriginally published in Hebrew in Israel in 2010, The Girl With a Brave Heart: A Tale from Tehran (Rita Jahanforuz; Vali Mintzi,… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 12, 2013
Nonfiction In the Lion’s Shadow: The Iranian Schindler and his Homeland in the Second World War Fariborz Mokhtari
Nonfiction The Road to Fatima Gate: The Beirut Spring, The Rise of Hezbollah and The Iranian War Against Israel Michael J. Totten
Nonfiction The Secret War With Iran: The Clandestine Struggle Against Israel and the West Ronen Bergman
