Iran is a country with global ambitions, an elaborate political culture, and enormous implications for world peace. How can its diversity of political positions resolve itself? This title shows that, despite the violence of the 2009 elections, the ideal of an Iranian republic is still alive.
Hooman Majd Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Hooman Majd, nato a Teheran e educato in Occidente, porta una prospettiva unica nella sua scrittura, concentrandosi spesso sulla cultura e la politica dell'Iran. Il suo lavoro approfondisce complesse questioni sociali e politiche con acume e arguzia, offrendo ai lettori un accesso accessibile a un mondo spesso frainteso. Il background personale di Majd, intrecciato sia con la tradizione iraniana che con le influenze occidentali, informa la sua distintiva voce narrativa.
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
- 288pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
Hooman Majd, acclaimed journalist and New York-residing grandson of an Ayatollah, has a unique perspective on his Iranian homeland. In this vivid, warm and humorous insider's account, he opens our eyes to an Iran that few people see, meeting opium-smoking clerics, women cab drivers and sartorially challenged presidential officials, among others. Revealing a country where both t-shirt wearing teenagers and religious martyrs express pride in their Persian origins, that is deeply religious yet highly cosmopolitan, authoritarian yet reformist, this is the one book you should read to understand Iran and Iranians today.