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Journey from the land of no : a girlhood caught in revolutionary Iran by Ru?y?a oHakk?akiy?an is a reference work available to read on EtoBox.
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"In Journey from the Land of No Roya Hakakian recalls her childhood and adolescence in prerevolutionary Iran. The result is a coming-of-age story about one deeply intelligent and perceptive girl's attempt to find an authentic voice of her own at a time of cultural closing and repression. She manages to re-create a time and place dominated by religious fanaticism, violence, and fear with an open heart and often with great humor." "Hakakian was twelve years old in 1979 when the revolution swept through Tehran. The daughter of an esteemed poet, she grew up in a household that hummed with intellectual life. But the Hakakians were also part of the very small Jewish population in Iran who witnessed the iron fist of the Islamic fundamentalists increasingly tightening its grip. It is with the innocent confusion of youth that Roya describes her discovery of a swastika - "a plus sign gone awry, a dark reptile with four hungry claws" - painted on the wall near her home. As a schoolgirl she watched as friends accused of reading blasphemous books were escorted from class by Islamic Society guards, never to return. Only much later did Roya learn that she was spared a similar fate because her tea
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- Author
- Ru?y?a oHakk?akiy?an
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781400046119
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.71 / 5 (798 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14