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In 1976, at the age of twenty-three, Farideh Goldin left Iran in searchof her imagined America. Meanwhile, the political unrest in Iranintensified and in 1979, Farideh’s family was forced to flee Iranon the last El-Al flight to Tel Aviv. Farideh's father was awell-respected son of the chief rabbi and dayan of the Jews of Shiraz.During his last visit to the US in 2006, he handed Farideh his memoirchronicalling  his life after exile: the confiscation of hispassport when he returned to Iran for his belongings, the years ofloneliness as he struggled against a hostile bureaucracy to return tohis wife and family in Israel, and the eventual loss of the poultryfarm that had supported his family. Leaving Iran knitstogether Farideh's story of dislocation and loss with her ownexperience as an Iranian Jew in a newly adopted home.

Author Biography:

Born in Shiraz, Iran to a family of dayanim, FaridehGoldin now lives in Virginia and is the director of theInstitute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding at OldDominion University. Goldin is a frequent lecturer and presenter onIranian culture. Her first memoir, Wedding Song: Memoirs of anIranian Jewish Woman was published in 2003.
Release date Australia
January 20th, 2016
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
10 b&w photos
Pages
320
Dimensions
127x204x20
ISBN-13
9781771991377
Product ID
24350814

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