Camelia

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This work takes an extraordinarily vivid look into post-revolutionary Iran. This is a breathtaking memoir of one daring young woman's journey to freedom. An extraordinarily vivid look inside post-revolutionary Iran, "Camelia" is the memoir of Iranian journalist Camelia Entekhabi-Fard, who was sent to prison because of her incorrigibly provocative reporting for reformist newspapers. After her arrest, faced with a harsh, violent daily existence and the uncertainty of survival, she concludes that only by convincing herself that she is in love with the chief interrogator does she have any hope of escape. Thus it unfolds a harrowing account of a morally and emotionally troubling relationship, during the course of which she is forced to betray her friends and family, and agree to serve the Iranian government. Once out of prison, she still has to escape from the clutches of this dangerous, demeaning relationship.

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Camelia Entekhabi-Fard was born in Teheran in 1973. She was a journalist writing for a number of papers, including the daily reformist Zan (Woman). In 1999 she was arrested for her journalistic activities and spent three months in prison. Upon her release, she went to the United States as a student and political refugee. Since then, she has reported on Iranian and Afghan affairs for AP, Reuters, Eurasia Net, the Village Voice and Mother Jones.