CAMELIA ENTEKHABIFARD was born in Tehran in 1973. In Iran she was a reporter for the leading reformist daily, Zan, among other papers. In 1999 she was arrested for her journalistic activities and spent three months in prison. She has been a contributor to O, The Oprah Magazine, and reported on Iranian and Afghan affairs for AP, Reuters, Eurasia Net, The Village Voice, and Mother Jones. She holds an MA in journalism from New York University and an MIA in international and public affairs from Columbia University. She lives in New York.
GEORGE MÜRER is a graduate from the Bard College film department and has spent time in Iran as a student of Persian literature and music. He is currently conducting documentary research on the music of the Persian-and Kurdish-speaking worlds.
Copyright © 2007 by Camelia Entekhabifard
Translation copyright © 2007 by George Mürer
First trade paperback edition June 2008.
Selections from this book have appeared, in different form, in the following publications: the Village Voice (“Unveiled Threats,” March 28, 2001), and Mother Jones (“Behind the Veil,” May/June 2001).
Lines from Ahmad Shamlu’s poem “Paria” (Fairies) are from his collection Havaye Taze (Fresh Air), translation © 2007 by George Mürer. Lines by Hafez are from The Divan of Hafez, translation © 2007 by George Mürer. Lines by Sadegh Ahangran are from his song “Ay Leskar-e Saheb-e Zaman, Amadeh Bash, Amedeh Bash” (Oh Army of the Master of Time, Get Ready, Get Ready), translation © 2007 by George Mürer. Lines from “Camelia in Chains” by Mandana Sadeqi and excerpts from her unpublished letters are used with permission of the author, translations © 2007 by George Mürer. Lines from Forugh Farrokhzad’s poem “Another Birth” are from Another Birth: Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad , translation © 1981 by Hasan Javadi and Susan Sallée.
Some names have been changed to protect individual identities.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Entekhabifard, Camelia, 1973-
Camelia, save yourself by telling the truth : a memoir of Iran / by Camelia Entekhabifard ; translated from the Persian by George Murer.
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-1-609-80024-6
1. Entekhabifard, Camelia, 1973- 2.
Women journalists--Iran--Biography. 3. Journalists--Iran--Biography. 4. Iran--Politics and government-- 1979-1997. 5. Iran--Politics and government--1997-I. Murer, George. II. Title.
PN5449.168Z735 2007
070.92--dc22
[B]
2005028529
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