Azadeh Moaveni

Author of "Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran"

Azadeh Moaveni appears in the following:

Iran's Grief

Tuesday, January 07, 2020

Journalist Azadeh Moaveni talks about Iranians' emotional reaction to the assassination of Qassem Soleimani.

Azadeh Moaveni on 'Guest House for Young Widows'

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Azadeh Moaveni joins us to discuss her new book, Guest House For Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS.

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A Woman's Life In the Islamic State Morality Police

Wednesday, December 02, 2015

In an article for the New York Times, Azadeh Moaveni interviewed three Syrian women about their time with the Islamic State, daily life in Raqqa, Syria, and their escape to Turkey.

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For Children of Immigrants, 'Home' is a Complex Concept

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

As part of our week-long series, we speak with two immigrant writers whose parents were forced to flee their homelands because of political unrest, and came to rest in America. Both live outside the U.S. now, and both say their notion of "home" has become ... portable.

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The Writing of 'Death to the Dictator!'

Thursday, July 22, 2010

A new book provides a window into Iran in 2009, after Western journalists were forced to leave. "Death to the Dictator!: A Young Man Casts a Vote in Iran's 2009 Election and Pays a Devastating Price" is an insider's account of one voter's experience in detention after the bloody protests that followed last summer's presidential election in Iran.

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Banning Hair Dos, Iran Cracks Down on Western Influence

Thursday, July 08, 2010

In Tehran, a private organization has introduced a catalog of appropriate haircuts for men, the first such code since the Islamic Revolutions of 1979. The list, presented by the Veil and Modesty Festival, has not been officially sanctioned by the Ministry of Culture, though they say approval is "pending."

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Monday Morning in Iran

Monday, June 22, 2009

Fawaz Gerges, professor in Middle East and International Affairs at Sarah Lawrence College and author of Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy and Azadeh Moaveni, journalist, essayist and author of Honeymoon in Tehran discuss the latest developments in Iran and the role young Tehranis are playing ...

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A Tehran Honeymoon

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

In 2005 Time magazine dispatched American-born journalist Azadeh Moaveni to Iran to cover Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election. There, she fell in love, moved in with her boyfriend, became pregnant and got married- in that order. Her memoir Honeymoon in Tehran explores her experience and the tensions burdening modern Iranian life. ...

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Inside Iran in a time of change

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

As the Obama administration continues to carefully move toward new diplomatic relations with Iran, a book has just been released that gives new insight into life in Iran during the e...

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