Behind the Veil: An American Woman's Memoir of the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis (International, Political, & Economic History),Used

Behind the Veil: An American Woman's Memoir of the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis (International, Political, & Economic History),Used

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Married to an Iranian, and mother of two young children, Debra Johanyak was a teaching assistant at Irans Shiraz University when the American Embassy in Tehran was taken over by militants on November 4, 1979.Behind the Veil tells the story of a woman with dual citizenship who loves both the United States and Iran but must choose between them when the embassy takeover triggers an international and personal crisis. Johanyak recounts the events of her life in Iran, drawing on her own journal and family letters, as well as public news sources. Against a background of increasing political and religious tensions, she gives the reader vivid pictures of the world she experienced there; in good times and bad, tribal customs in a village wedding, sandstorms, the warmth of the large Iranian family she married into, the threatening pressure of Islamic fundamentalists. Coming face to face with dramatic changes in Irans government and society, Johanyak must also confront her own identity.For anyone who has ever wanted to look behind the veil of media imagery and see life in Iran before and after the 1979 revolution, Debra Johanyaks book offers a clear, intimate, and unflinching view of a culture in conflict, as she comes to terms with her religious faith, political views, and feminist values. Behind the Veil chronicles a dangerous time in Iran and Americas shared history, and brings us along on the spiritual and intellectual pilgrimage of one Midwestern woman finding her way in a volatile world.

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