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Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran
AuthorAzadeh Moaveni
LanguageEnglish
SubjectIranian American women
GenreBiography
PublisherPublic Affairs
Publication date2005
Publication placeUnited States
Pages249
ISBN1-58648-193-2
OCLC56617255
Dewey Decimal305.48/89155073/092 B 22
LC ClassE184.I5 M63 2005

Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran (ISBN 1-58648-193-2) is Iranian-American writer Azadeh Moaveni's first book, published on February 4, 2005.

The book tells the story of the author's first-person experiences in Iran where she worked as a reporter after living in the United States her entire life. The book is part of a growing movement of female writers within the Iranian diaspora, including such other authors as Marjane Satrapi, Firoozeh Dumas, Nahid Rachlin, and Azar Nafisi.

References

  1. ^ "Lipstick Jihad". Powell's Books. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. "Lipstick Jihad". The Washington Post. 23 May 2006.
  3. "An interview with Azadeh Moaveni". Mother Jones. 9 March 2005.


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