Lipstick Jihad a memoir of growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran

An Iranian-American journalist, who grew up as a California girl living in two worlds, returns to Tehran and discovers not only the oppressive and decadent life of her Iranian counterparts who have grown up since the revolution, but the pain of searching for identity between two cultures, and for a...

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Main Author: Moaveni, Azadeh, 1976-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Public Affairs, c2005.
Edition: 1st ed.
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Summary: An Iranian-American journalist, who grew up as a California girl living in two worlds, returns to Tehran and discovers not only the oppressive and decadent life of her Iranian counterparts who have grown up since the revolution, but the pain of searching for identity between two cultures, and for a homeland that may not exist. The landscape of her Tehran--ski slopes, fashion shows, malls and cafes--is populated by a cast of young people whose exuberance and despair brings the modern reality of Iran to vivid life.
Physical Description: xi, 249 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 1586481932
Author Notes: Azadeh Moaveni grew up in San Jose and studied politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She won a Fulbright fellowship to Egypt, and studied Arabic at the American University in Cairo. For three years she worked across the Middle East as a reporter for Time Magazine , before joining the Los Angeles Times to cover the war in Iraq. She lives in Beirut.