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An Iranian Woman Passing Through the Age of Darkness: A Memoir of Resilience, Freedom, and Survival eBook : Kamali, Maryam: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store





An Iranian Woman Passing Through the Age of Darkness: A Memoir of Resilience, Freedom, and Survival
by Maryam Kamali (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Prologue

Moonlight at Midnight: Getting up

Chapter One  A Fleeting Sunshine: Childhood 1978-1984

Chapter Two  Deep Shadows: Drowning in Darkness 1984-1989

Chapter Three  Shadows at Noon: Adolescence 1990-1992

Chapter Four  Touching the Darkness: Opening Eyes and Ears 1992-1996

Chapter Five  In Search of Light: Higher Education 1996-2000

Chapter Six  A Welcome Sunrise: Journeys and Stories 2000-2004

Chapter Seven  Rays of Light through the Shadows: History and Love 2005-2009

Chapter Eight  Turning on the Lighthouse: Ph.D., Iran, and the USA 2009-2014

Chapter Nine  A Window to the Land of Light 2014-2018

Chapter Ten  Spots of Light 2018-2025

Epilogue Seeding the Clouds: A Petition for Iran and Its Nation

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Maryam Kamali's memoir vividly depicts her life journey from a small town in Iran, after the 1979 revolution cast the dark shadow of the Islamic Republic regime over the country. It illuminates how darkness keeps people away from the light, from home to society, and from school to university. Iran's people move from one dark room to another as hardliners and reformists exchange power.
The narrator pursues small lights from her hometown to big cities and the capital, then sets foot on the path to immigration to the USA. Her description of schools in small villages, large cities, and universities offers a comparative view of the educational systems in Iran and the USA. Through history, literature, and culture, she uncovers the source of the light that takes on the colors of the lion and sun flag.
An Iranian Woman Passing Through the Age of Darkness sheds a ray of light on the everyday lives of Iranian people who seek to live in peace and prosperity with the world, yet whose voices are silenced.
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Print length         381 pages    

Publication date ‏ : ‎ 24 November 2025

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Maryam Kamali


Dr. Maryam Kamali is an educator and author who teaches history at Fairfield University. She has written numerous works on Iran’s history including Social Change in Medieval Iran.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Original Window Onto Iran

Reviewed in the United States on 21 June 2026

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I truly enjoyed reading this moving memoir, An Iranian Woman Passing Through the Age of Darkness. It opened a genuine, original window onto Iran after the 1979 revolution. The author’s beautiful, descriptive language, her expertise in writing, and her knowledge of history helped me gain a better perspective on what has happened in Iran during these decades and how people have learned from history. The author provides multi-layered perspectives on Iran, including its culture, history, society, politics, and even family life. Through the author’s narration, I could travel throughout Iran and even learn about its educational system. What I really loved and kept me reading even after the book finished were the songs and poems, including:

How sadly the journey parted my hand

From all that warmth coming from you!...

Strongly recommend reading this book!

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Lisa Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars A moving exploration of post revolutionary Iran

Reviewed in the United States on 2 April 2026

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I loved this book! A very personal view of the author’s childhood and young adulthood spent navigating the repressive education system of post revolutionary Iran. As a student of history she was able to explore different regions and historic sites which come alive through her descriptions. Daily and family life is chronicled, always overshadowed by the darkness of the regime.

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Javid

5.0 out of 5 stars Take on the Colors of the lion and Sun Flag

Reviewed in the United States on 9 January 2026

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If you want an authentic view of Iran over the past four decades, read this book! The language is so beautiful and scenic! She writes so beautifully that sometimes it becomes poetry! I started to love the Persian language because of this book, and I became more curious about poets like Ferdowsi, the author of the Shahnameh, and singers such as Hayedeh and Fereydun Farokhzad. I enjoyed how the author writes from her heart and honestly about her country and its people, seeking light amid the darkness of the Islamic Republic.

This book isn’t just a memoir; it also serves as a history of the regime’s political and ideological thoughts, as well as the Iranian people's uprisings, which, as the author writes, “take on the colors of the lion and sun flag.”

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