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<p>Attempting to come to terms with her own life in exile, Afkhami, who was forced out of Iran because of her work for women's rights, sought out and talked with 12 other women from all parts of the globe. Their stories offer a rare and special opportunity to witness the harrowing experience of flight and dislocation and to marvel at the resilience of the human spirit.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>The 12 women Afkhami interviewed for this intimate portrait of lives in political exile have settled in the U.S., many becoming American citizens. A few, like Fatima Ahmet Ibrahim, a feminist who called for women's rights within the bounds of traditional Islamic culture in her native Sudan, long to return home. ``Like a plant pulled from its soil, its roots withering in the cold air,'' Ibrahim laments, ``I am out of my element in the West.'' Others do not feel at home in their country of origin nor their adopted land. ``Being in exile is being outside, at the edge,'' says Marjorie Agosin, a Chilean human-rights activist who teaches at Wellesley. Afkhami, who left Iran in 1978 when her feminist views became unpopular shortly before the revolution there, begins this remarkable collecti

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Author

Mahnaz Afkhami

Publisher

The University of Virginia Press

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813915432

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, History, Biography

Rating

4.1 / 5 (17 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14