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Oct 26, 2018 da AL rated information technology it was amazing

Bahrampour offers a cute and very personal business relationship of what it's like to be of two cultures, particularly when one of the countries is not and then like shooting fish in a barrel to visit. Betwixt my parents, my husband, and me, there are four different countries -- this is no longer near as unusual as it was merely a few years ago. This is an of import and easily relatable story. Bahrampour offers a beautiful and very personal business relationship of what it's like to exist of two cultures, particularly when ane of the countries is not so easy to visit. Betwixt my parents, my husband, and me, at that place are four different countries -- this is no longer almost as unusual as it was only a few years agone. This is an of import and easily relatable story. ...more than

Aug twenty, 2007 Yesha rated it it was amazing

Easily downwardly the favorit book I was always assigned to read for a form.

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Written by a woman that I went to loftier school with in Northern California. Funny that during loftier school, neither of us really talked or connected over the fact that we both shared this Iranian history but I just figured that she was another Iranian that was built-in here in the U.S and was not in impact with her Iranian roots, the mode I was, having grown upwards in Islamic republic of iran. A well written and interesting book well-nigh how the author seeks to connect to her Iranian roots and culture. I very much continued to th Written past a woman that I went to high schoolhouse with in Northern California. Funny that during high school, neither of us actually talked or continued over the fact that we both shared this Iranian history merely I just figured that she was another Iranian that was born here in the U.Southward and was not in touch with her Iranian roots, the manner I was, having grown up in Islamic republic of iran. A well written and interesting book about how the writer seeks to connect to her Iranian roots and culture. I very much connected to the author'due south cultural journey, which was very similar to the one I also took, coming right out of higher. ...more

Nov 09, 2017 Rebecca Orton rated it it was amazing

I read the volume, "To Encounter and Run across Again: A Life in Iran and America" by Tara Bahrampour from April 29th to November 9th, 2017. I recognized one Farsi word, ta'arof, on folio 274 in this volume subsequently learning about it from an Iranian friend less than a couple months before and reading some of the enquiry paper, "Offers and Expressions of Thank you as Face Enhancing Acts: Ta'arof in Persian" past Sofia A. Koutlaki that can be found in the Journal of Pragmatics. It is a word meaning to give nutrient and drink I read the book, "To See and Run across Again: A Life in Islamic republic of iran and America" by Tara Bahrampour from April 29th to November 9th, 2017. I recognized one Western farsi word, ta'arof, on page 274 in this book after learning well-nigh it from an Iranian friend less than a couple months before and reading some of the research paper, "Offers and Expressions of Thanks as Confront Enhancing Acts: Ta'arof in Farsi" by Sofia A. Koutlaki that tin be plant in the Journal of Pragmatics. It is a word significant to give food and drinkable to guests when yous are having the aforementioned nutrient and potable for yourself. Co-ordinate to the research paper, Iranians are like to Japanese people when saving face. It is rude to eat or beverage something without offering it to your guests first. Folio 274 did not really explain what ta'arof was but since I already knew what it meant, I was pretty excited to show my Iranian friend this folio when he came to visit me. He was only enlightened of the Iranian author, Ms. Firoozeh Dumas, of the contemporary book, "Funny in Farsi," existence sold in the Us, then Ms. Tara Bahrampour was an unfamiliar Iranian author to him. In spite of my excitement with this book, this is the volume that scared me with the horrors of the komiteh, which according to the author, went to the house she was in for a wedding reception. All the other women at the reception scrambled to put their Islamic chadors or hijabs on before the komiteh arrived at the front door. She had to hibernate alone in another room considering she didn't have her hijab with her. It was locked up in another room upstairs in the house. Information technology was a very tense situation. The tension was relieved after the host of the reception bribed the komiteh to overlook the house. After they left, the women threw off their chadors or hijabs and resumed the celebration. The komiteh is a policing committee that looks for violations of the Islamic dress code and other Islamic laws. If a member of the komiteh decided that a adult female on the street was not dressed according to the Islamic dress code, and so she might go thrown into jail or whipped. This concept was completely horrifying and felt inexplicable and wrong to me. Why spend the time, endeavor, and money on enforcing a dress code when there are hardened criminals committing acrimonious and atrocious crimes against humanity? In addition to this negative concept being expounded upon throughout the book's illuminating stories, the volume also viewed the times with the Shah as very negative, in sharp contrast to Farah Pahlavi'southward book, "Enduring Love, My Life with the Shah: A Memoir." I couldn't reconcile the two accounts of the prevailing political climate prior to the 1979 Islamic revolution. Information technology seemed that I was getting two contradictory viewpoints regarding how the people viewed the Shah and his political actions, including the state reforms. I did not realize until I read this book that a feudal lodge existed in Iran back then. The landlords lost their properties due to the state reforms and received piffling to no compensation for their value. The landlords went from beingness wealthy, chivalrous overlords to impoverished citizens who were stripped of their lordship titles overnight. I remember how Farah's Pahlavi's volume did not explain this critically of import fact clearly when information technology discussed the state reforms in a more positive light. After all, the peasants were getting their own land and wasn't that a good thing? Every bit a result, I gained a deeper understanding of Islamic republic of iran'south political history. I highly recommend this book for American adults wishing to learn more about Iran from an writer's personal perspective. I requite this book 5 stars. ...more

Sep 24, 2013 Virginia rated it it was amazing

A cute memoir!!! Tara Bahrampour takes the reader into a unique globe where her cultural lines aren't the only ones that begin to blur. The joys and trials of childhood and teenage angst, honey and fear, family & destiny all play out against a cultural fabric so rich and colorful, that the reader is left feeling naught less than blessed to have taken the journeying. A beautiful memoir!!! Tara Bahrampour takes the reader into a unique earth where her cultural lines aren't the only ones that begin to blur. The joys and trials of babyhood and teenage angst, love and fear, family & destiny all play out against a cultural textile so rich and colorful, that the reader is left feeling nil less than blest to take taken the journey. ...more than

May 21, 2007 Zohra Star rated it it was amazing  · review of another edition

Recommends it for: Everyone!

I love Tara! The book is a bang-up way to demystify the "Not Without My Girl" type work out there. Its the story of an Iranian human married to an American mother through the eyes of their cute daughter. Tara likewise writes for the Washington Mail service is a pretty kick ass woman. I love Tara! The book is a cracking way to demystify the "Not Without My Daughter" blazon work out there. Its the story of an Iranian man married to an American female parent through the eyes of their beautiful daughter. Tara also writes for the Washington Postal service is a pretty kick ass adult female. ...more

Jul 28, 2008 Mariam rated it it was amazing

Of all the books written by the Iranian diaspora, this ane is probably my favorite. (Well, this and Funny in Farsi.)

Apr sixteen, 2007 teresa rated information technology it was astonishing

Recommends it for: Anyone

This is my favorite book. The imagery puts yous in the time and place, and made me nostalgic for some other time and place.

Sep 26, 2013 Zachary rated information technology it was amazing

it must have been terrifying to simply accept to leave your country for a foreign land. And yet trying to deny the fact that you are stuck at that place perhaps forever. i don't call up i could of done that when i was twelve. notwithstanding much i would of liked the traveling bit at that place would still exist the fact that y'all could never get home again. and on top of that is the fact that her parents seem to be freaking out too and moving effectually to trying to deny something must take been burdensome. The strong people who information technology must have been terrifying to just have to leave your state for a foreign country. And notwithstanding trying to deny the fact that you are stuck there perhaps forever. i don't think i could of done that when i was twelve. however much i would of liked the traveling bit in that location would still be the fact that you could never get home again. and on top of that is the fact that her parents seem to be freaking out also and moving around to trying to deny something must have been crushing. The strong people who have always looked afterwards yous are scared of a realization is unthinkable to about people information technology is just mind-blowing and must have made Tara Bahrampour very strong to be able to go thought that and come out in one piece.
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May 20, 2009 Michelle rated it information technology was amazing

Beautiful, thoughtful and poignant memoir of a young half-Iranian, one-half-American book. Bahrampour lived offset in America, then several years in Islamic republic of iran, leaving in 1979, and then returning sixteen years later for a visit and for reflection on her place--does she belong in Iran or America? Or neither place? She loves the family-centeredness, the rootedness of life in Iran, simply is less certain about Islamic rules for women. She loves the liberty of America, but knows she is missing something her relatives t Beautiful, thoughtful and poignant memoir of a immature half-Iranian, half-American book. Bahrampour lived first in America, so several years in Iran, leaving in 1979, then returning sixteen years later for a visit and for reflection on her place--does she belong in Iran or America? Or neither place? She loves the family-centeredness, the rootedness of life in Iran, but is less sure nigh Islamic rules for women. She loves the freedom of America, but knows she is missing something her relatives that alive in Islamic republic of iran still accept. Exquisite. ...more than

Jul 06, 2008 Grace rated it it was amazing

I have non read " Reading Lolita in Tehran" but I do know that Ms. Bahrampour writes a cute accurate story. I read it showtime and passed it onto my friend who lived his first 18 years in Iran. He said information technology is what life is like there.

This volume does not focus on the oppression of women just of the beauty of the civilisation. It also paints a clear picture show of what it is similar for those who immigrate to the Usa.
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I have not read " Reading Lolita in Tehran" but I exercise know that Ms. Bahrampour writes a beautiful authentic story. I read information technology get-go and passed it onto my friend who lived his start 18 years in Iran. He said it is what life is like there.

This book does not focus on the oppression of women only of the beauty of the civilisation. It also paints a clear flick of what it is like for those who immigrate to the Usa.
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Aug 02, 2008 Joanne Sperans rated information technology it was astonishing

Recommended to Joanne past: Karen Alexander

This was written by a friend's daughter. With an Iranian father and an American mother, she grew up in both countries. When the Shah roughshod, her family had to leave Iran and the idyllic childhood she had led at that place. Years later she went back every bit a young woman, and the story of her discoveries is cute and fascinating. This was written by a friend's daughter. With an Iranian father and an American female parent, she grew up in both countries. When the Shah fell, her family unit had to get out Iran and the idyllic childhood she had led in that location. Years afterward she went dorsum as a young adult female, and the story of her discoveries is beautiful and fascinating. ...more

I honey Tara Bahrampour'south account of moving between the two societies. She's around my age, then all the American pop culture references resonate with me, and I've developed a great affinity for Persian culture since my married man is Western farsi. Her writing is excellent, and her attention to particular allows you to conspicuously envision the settings she describes. I love Tara Bahrampour's account of moving between the two societies. She's around my age, and then all the American popular civilisation references resonate with me, and I've developed a great analogousness for Persian civilization since my hubby is Western farsi. Her writing is excellent, and her attention to particular allows you lot to clearly envision the settings she describes. ...more

Aug eighteen, 2017 Sue rated it liked information technology

Interesting story of life in both Iran and the US - expert sense of what it ways to be part of a large Iranian family - felt a bit like the family unit from "My Big Fat Greek Hymeneals". Worth the read. Interesting story of life in both Islamic republic of iran and the US - practiced sense of what it means to be part of a large Iranian family - felt a bit like the family from "My Large Fatty Greek Nuptials". Worth the read. ...more

Oct 03, 2018 Jodi Geever rated it actually liked information technology

DNF. Interesting, but it was an inter-library loan that is at present long overdue. :(

December 28, 2008 Laura rated it really liked it

But before I turned twelve, my family drove to Oregon to outrun the spring. Every time information technology looked like we were going to stay in one town, the weather would warm upwardly and my father would pluck us out of the life nosotros were considering and swing us back due north on the highway. I remember that deep down he believed that acknowledging the change of seasons would mean albeit we were in America to stay.

Tara's male parent is Iranian and her mother is American. Every bit a kid, she lives in the U.Due south. for a time and so

Simply earlier I turned twelve, my family drove to Oregon to outrun the bound. Every time it looked like nosotros were going to stay in ane boondocks, the weather would warm up and my father would pluck united states of america out of the life nosotros were considering and swing united states dorsum north on the highway. I recollect that deep down he believed that acknowledging the change of seasons would mean admitting we were in America to stay.

Tara'due south father is Iranian and her mother is American. As a kid, she lives in the U.South. for a time and and so in Iran. In 1979 their family returns to America. This is her story of the loss of her home, finding her place in the U.S. and then finding a 2nd domicile in Islamic republic of iran.

Tara is a little older than me and while her life was quite different from mine, her recollections remind me of my childhood. In Iran, she sings songs from Grease, she watches Trivial House on the Prairie and The Magician of Oz. After coming to America, she watches Roots in her hotel room, she feathers her hair, goes rollerskating, buys Nikes, and goes shopping at the Gap. She wants to fit in and she does.

In America, first wives exercise not sit effectually to assist raise the children of second wives. In America, if I heard almost a grown man marrying a ten-yr-former or kidnapping a teenager from her father's house I would consider him a criminal. But in the village where Tara grew upwards, none of this is so clear.

Every bit an adult, Tara goes dorsum to Iran, and has the opportunity to see over again. She feels keenly her American self and Iranian cocky. She lets us into the tug and the pull of her memories and her identity. We become to see Iran as she does, as an outsider and an insider.

This is an interesting read. Tara vividly remembers life before and leading upwards to the revolution in Iran and her transition from life in Iran to America. She lets us in equally she discovers her family and herself.

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April 25, 2008 Katie rated it really liked it

i love memoirs that provide insight into historical events. and i specially loved this one because it was so honest and never resorted to political rhetoric or really taking sides. the author simply described her experiences living equally a child under the rule of the shah, fleeing to the united states right before the revolution, and returning to post-revolutionary islamic republic of iran equally an adult. her insights were so honest and all of her thoughts nearly the skilful and bad that came from the revolution really ca i love memoirs that provide insight into historical events. and i peculiarly loved this 1 because it was so honest and never resorted to political rhetoric or really taking sides. the author simply described her experiences living as a child under the rule of the shah, fleeing to the usa right earlier the revolution, and returning to post-revolutionary iran equally an adult. her insights were then honest and all of her thoughts most the good and bad that came from the revolution really captured what seems to be a really complicated political situation. i like how she described both the freedom and oppression she felt when wearing the chador. and she made interesting points about how the anti-west regulations of the revolution brought some back to appreciating certain things of traditional iranian culture.

i only really liked the fact that she could see the adept and the bad in both iran and the usa and how there was simply a lot of grayness area in her reactions to her experiences. especially after reading "reading lolita in tehran" i institute this book to be refreshingly balanced.

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May 12, 2008 Keleigh rated information technology really liked it

This memoir is a combination of delighted recognition at the likeness of humans across time and space, and a sense of bloodshot comfort that, indeed, we all inevitably render to our beginnings, revisiting the same themes and patterns throughout our lives until only the simplest threads remain.

Bahrampour does a remarkable chore communicating the universal through the personal. Her telescopic is both grand and minute: a revolution through the experience of i family, enveloping two complex places and

This memoir is a combination of delighted recognition at the likeness of humans across time and space, and a sense of bittersweet comfort that, indeed, nosotros all inevitably return to our beginnings, revisiting the aforementioned themes and patterns throughout our lives until simply the simplest threads remain.

Bahrampour does a remarkable job communicating the universal through the personal. Her scope is both grand and minute: a revolution through the experience of i family, enveloping ii complex places and cultures. But the individual limbs of this family stretch far into history, and she tells the stories of her ancestors as intimately as the stories of her parents, her friends, and herself. She is a chief of discernment, including just those memories and details that contribute to her cardinal theme: that of belonging and displacement, loss and affluence. This was non a memoir driven past self-analysis or personal history, though both were nowadays; rather, I walked abroad from this memoir feeling deeply affected by the dignity and restraint with which these worlds were synthetic, letting us equally readers not only meet her the writer and her characters, but also ourselves.

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May 04, 2008 Becky rated it liked information technology

I decided to read this book as office of my 2015 reading challenge. It is literally "A Book at the Bottom of My To-Read List." I opened my Goodreads "to read" shelf and picked the book that had been in that location the longest.

This memoir tells the author's story of growing up in both Iran and the United States. Her father is Iranian and her mother is American and then she wrote a lot about the struggles of never fully belonging either place, but each civilisation forming her identity. She also lived in Iran in the b

I decided to read this book as role of my 2015 reading claiming. It is literally "A Book at the Bottom of My To-Read List." I opened my Goodreads "to read" shelf and picked the book that had been in that location the longest.

This memoir tells the writer's story of growing up in both Islamic republic of iran and the United States. Her begetter is Iranian and her mother is American so she wrote a lot about the struggles of never fully belonging either identify, only each culture forming her identity. She also lived in Iran in the beginnings of the Iranian Revolution, then the historical and political groundwork was also interesting. I didn't especially beloved this book considering I've read so many similar novels and memoirs, but it was nonetheless well written, engaging, and interesting. 3.v stars.

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This is basically ane woman's account of her feelings virtually being a half american/half Iranian. It spans her immediate family's history in Iran and America, equally well every bit her extended family'due south history in Iran. The author lived in Iran as a young daughter, then moved with her family to america, and so returned to Iran as a young developed.

At that place were cursory pockets of interesting data, only the book was and so detailed about her twenty-four hours to day life from childhood to adulthood that it was ploddingly slow. Information technology also

This is basically i woman's business relationship of her feelings nearly being a half american/half Iranian. It spans her immediate family unit's history in Iran and America, too as her extended family's history in Iran. The writer lived in Iran as a young girl, and then moved with her family to america, and so returned to Islamic republic of iran every bit a young developed.

There were brief pockets of interesting information, but the book was so detailed virtually her solar day to solar day life from childhood to adulthood that it was ploddingly dull. Information technology also suffered from a disorganized construction.

My biggest takeaways from this book are that many Iranians who fled to America during the Iranian revolution have lived dissolutioned lives here in the west. Also, Islamic republic of iran continues to be an oppressive place to live, especially for women.

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Feb twenty, 2008 Ponta rated information technology actually liked it

If you lot are interested in Persian Civilization.

Jan 02, 2015 Rhode rated it liked information technology

I accept always loved the confluence of cultures you get equally a first generation immigrant to another country.

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