However, Iran was a place where women were treated fairly well before the Islamist Regime took over and many of these women grew up with rights they no longer have, making the absence of those rights even more tragic. Now, dragging her stubborn teenage daughter, Lily, with her. When we first meet Noor, she is living in San Francisco, missing her beloved father, Zod, in Iran. Acid attacks are still happening to young women in Iran when the refuse potential suitors or do other things to upset the patriarchal balance in the country. Set against the backdrop of Iran’s rich, turbulent history, this exquisite debut novel is a powerful story of food, family and a bittersweet homecoming. These women are denied basic human rights. This is very limiting to women who do not want husbands or whose husbands beat them or die. Women aren’t allowed to drive cars, own businesses, or in other ways be financially independent. All of these rules are real and are the reality for many women in Islamist countries. Lily opposes these restrictions by going swimming during the men-only time in disguise as a young boy. Pari is thrown into jail for next to nothing and tortured for years until her death. Women who were allowed to sunbathe in bikinis one day were suddenly required to be covered head to toe. In the book, Ferry is attacked with acid after she denies the marriage proposal of an unwanted suitor. A Concise Chinese English Dictionary for Lovers.Internal Migration and Internally Displaced Peoples.
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