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The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
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The photo of a woman standing proudly, face bare, hair blowing in the wind.



Her crime: removing her veil, or hijab, which is compulsory for women in Iran.



Masih's self-portrait sparked 'My Stealthy Freedom', a social media campaign that went viral.



An enlightening, intimate invitation into a little-known world, this is the extraordinary memoir of a woman who overcame poverty, prison, and exile and encourages others to do the same.



'A must-read for anyone who cares about women's equality and autonomy' SHERYL SANDBERG



'Masih Alinejad is a flame-thrower for the rights of all women' TINA BROWN



'Passionate, riveting' New York Times Book Review
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She's been sentenced to prison, fled her native Iran and is unable to see her family. All she wants is to give women the choice to wear the hijab or not... Courageous - Guardian

With mighty righteousness on her side and bravery in her heart, Masih Alinejad is a flame-thrower for the rights of all women who live under the thumb of repression and injustice - Tina Brown

The Wind in My Hair paints a vivid portrait of modern Iran and chronicles her journey from Iran to Britain and finally the United States - New York Times

Masih Alinejad is a fearless champion for women's rights. She built her career as a reporter uncovering powerful truths and writing passionately in support of human rights in a country where doing so meant risking one's freedom and safety. Her book is a must-read for anyone who cares about women's equality and autonomy-in Iran, the United States, and everywhere - Sheryl Sandberg

Told poignantly and with a blunt honesty that seems a characteristic of Alinejad's life and writing, here is a gripping tale that permits us to peek at the inner workings of the Iranian Revolution and consider the question of its health and longevity... a prescient expose of the cruelty of paradigms, the constrictions of the Muslim woman liberation tale and the often maddening centrality of the veil within it - New York Times Book Review

[Alinejad's] descriptions of life as a journalist and activist will captivate readers interested in Iran, international affairs, gender equality, and human rights - Booklist
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This memoir is the extraordinary story of how one Iranian woman overcame enormous adversity to fight for what she truly believed and founded a major movement for women around the world with the simple removal of her hijab.

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Masih Alinejad is a journalist and activist from a small village in Iran. When she posted a photo of herself without her veil, or hijab, on her Facebook page, she sparked a social-media liberation movement, 'My Stealthy Freedom'. With the creation of 'My Stealthy Freedom' Masih has gained over one million supporters around the world, and inspired Islamic women everywhere to take a stand for their basic human rights. She's been covered by the media from Vogue, to the Guardian, the New York Times and beyond. Last year she was the recipient of the Women's Rights Award from the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy.
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Masih Alinejad is a journalist and activist from a small village in Iran. When she posted a photo of herself without her veil, or hijab, on her Facebook page, she sparked a social media liberation movement, 'My Stealthy Freedom'. With the creation of 'My Stealthy Freedom' Masih has gained over one million supporters around the world and inspired Islamic women everywhere to take a stand for their basic human rights. She's been covered by the media from Vogue, to the Guardian, the New York Times and beyond. Last year she was the recipient of the Women's Rights Award from the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy.
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Virago
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 6 June 2019
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0349008965
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0349008967
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 324 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.6 x 3.4 x 19.6 cm
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Masih Alinejad is troublemaker. She's one of the most influential voices inside and outside Iran. Masih is a journalist, a TV presenter, a woman's rights activist and the founder of My Stealthy Freedom campaign against compulsory hijab in Iran.

Born in Iran in 1976, Masih became a celebrated political journalist in Iran where she was continually in trouble for her writing. She was forced to flee the country to escape arrest in 2009 in aftermath of political unrest.

Masih has won numerous awards for her writing and broadcast. She lives in Brooklyn but dreams of returning to a democratic and secular Iran.

Learn more at masihalinejadmedia.com

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  • Linda D.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Super must read
    Reviewed in the United States on 20 May 2026
    This book is fabulous, funny, sad, and uplifting in the current world situation.
  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars The struggle of a courageous woman
    Reviewed in Canada on 6 June 2018
    It's not always easy to read Masih's book in which she describes her brave struggle against a dictatorial, brutal regime that forces women to wear the hijab in order to control them. Masih is a gifted writer and her story is at times heartbreaking and at times joyful. Do yourself a favour and purchase this book.
  • Ann Claire S Kay
    5.0 out of 5 stars Life of a True Freedom Fighter
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2024
    Masih Alinejad, takes you on a vibrant history of her struggles to fight the misogynistic laws laid down by men of poor education and religious suppression. Men who think that locking women down into servitude and oppressive belief systems is a way of upholding their chastity. Masih takes us from her care free days as a child in a remote part of Persia (Iran) who spoke a language of her ancestors and had to learn Persian at school. She fight's for her status as a girl and then a young woman, who fights the oppression of the Islamic Republic after the Shah is overthrown. She is brave beyond belief, writing against the system at school and ends up in prison with the threat of death hanging over her. To her very fast marriage due to pregnancy before her wedding party, then divorce and loss of custody of her son, to her flight to the UK and eventual second marriage and move to the USA. Masih uses social media to stir the conscience of the oppressed and builds an amazing network both in Iran and abroad to challenge the status quo of the Islamic Republic and politicians from around the world who are not only duplicitous in their attitudes to both at home and abroad.

    This book will stir your curiosity to join her Facebook page My Stealthy Freedom which challenges the Islamic Republic's misogynistic behaviour and hypocrisy against women and her narratives on the thousands who have disappeared or been murdered during its continued regime. The cruel punishments it exacts on young women & men by shooting them in one eye, the beatings and on street abductions of women who have a whisp of hair showing.

    This book is an absolute Gem and should be compulsory reading in all UK school's to show all children of all faiths how lucky they are to live in a Democratic Country.

    This book shows us the life of a True freedom fighter, who still fights for women's rights even though she can no longer return to her homeland.
  • Simmi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Truly good
    Reviewed in India on 21 September 2018
    I like it very much. This is the true story of life of a Iranian journalist, Masih Alinezad. Who fought against the conservative thought of Iranian Islamic republic, which opressed the women rights. This is the must read book.
  • Bahram-e Aziz
    3.0 out of 5 stars La voz de las feministas iraníes (más o menos )
    Reviewed in Spain on 19 October 2024
    Una interesante autobiografía de Masih Alineyad, a través de la cual podemos entender las motivaciones de su causa política. No obstante, Alineyad presenta al mundo occidental como la panacea del feminismo y las libertades. La autora parece dar a entender que este es el único modelo a seguir para las sociedades del mundo islámico, a pesar de sus reiteradas defensas de que cualquier mujer pueda vestir como quiera. Es decir, da la imprensión de que sus ideales están inspirados en cierta colonialidad, la cual resulta ya un poco rancia. Estaría bien que Alineyad hubiese mencionado las diferentes opresiones padecidas en su país de acogida. Pero bueno, la narración tiene un tono muy personal, desde el sufrimiento y desamparo que sufrió la protagonista en su país de origen, y es comprensible. Tiene también un tono fanfarrón y jactancioso que hace a la historia un poco cargante.
  • Yasmeen
    1.0 out of 5 stars nicht sooooo interessant
    Reviewed in Germany on 1 September 2021
    Ich hatte mir wesentlich mehr erwartet. Aber OK, sie hat nicht das gleiche Paar Socken an und findet, das sie supergut singen kann?!?!?! Ist deutlich unter meinen Erwartungen geblieben.
  • 1Vicentina
    4.0 out of 5 stars the wind still in my hair...but for how long?
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 July 2018
    A tremendous account of life in Iran. It is inspiring and well written. Women in the west should take a leaf of her book as freedom is running out . Also it is a great example to all sold out journalists out there. Towards the end it lingers a bit with distracting details, I felt. For instance it was intriguing that the author could move to such a classy and expensive London neighbourhood just like that after expressing financial distress in pages preceding the move. But this is just one of my pet hates ... if you embark on details I want to know all. Keeping the narrative tighter avoids swerving .
  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Don't like good books
    Reviewed in the United States on 20 July 2021
    I heard about Iran's efforts to kidnap Masih and thought she m must be someone important. I read the book and am sad I finished the book, thinking it's over... Until I read the Facebook page.. This woman will never be over. Her story will never be over, . inspiring and she has opened a door for woman to understand each other and stand united.. Thank you Masih
  • mana sanjari parizi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book to promote confidence in women around the world
    Reviewed in India on 17 September 2018
    Excellent book to promote confidence and give strength to women around the world.
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    • Sh. Hk
      5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for whomever is belittled
      Reviewed in Canada on 7 September 2019
      What a brave woman!
    • T.G
      4.0 out of 5 stars Good
      Reviewed in Canada on 23 December 2018
      Good book
    • Vali B. Dashti
      4.0 out of 5 stars To know Masih Alinejad is to know Iran
      Reviewed in the United States on 21 November 2018
      I give this book 4 star. After finishing first chapter, I was about to stop reading the book but since I was curious about her activism, decided to keep reading and was not disappointed. She is a fine journalist and book flows smoothly when she gets to explaining her work. How she breaks the rules while remains on the course. I was pleasantly surprised and appreciated the positive influences Kambiz had in her life. One could see in pages of the book, how he was with her at all the right moments, provided sound advise, supported her emotionally and loved her.
      This is a heroic journey of a determined woman to excellence. Growing up in rural Iran with chaos of revolution aftermath, stumbles on, gets back up and learns to educate herself and find her destiny. This is the story of Iran. To know Masih Alinejad is to know Iran.

      She was not daughter of elite family with modern lifestyle, her instinct told her she has to be free, to be equal with her brother. That is why she was attracted to stealthy reading of banned books as she quote her brother “One day you’re reading Marx, the next you are reciting Quran,” and forms the “Faryad-e Kaveh” Group and end up in jail. She was lucky, forming a political club is considered as “sedition” by government, many at her condition were executed or handed long term jail sentences only few years earlier. Reading further, one can see how the underground political parties and guerrillas infiltrating these student clubs and radicalizing them as it appeared in their first pamphlet “Shabnamehs”.
      The question weather life was better during the Shah’s time or not still is the question of new generation. Cyber space and social media afforded people to see pictures and video clips of life then and see a resemblance with what they see in modern societies and wondering why their parents revolted? But at this time not many parents would give Masih’s father answer “No. No and no. We had more money, but we didn’t have God’s government.“ Corruption is so rampant that nobody is shy to admit it.
      She is saying that “The revolution was supposed to benefit families like ours, the downtrodden, the meek, and the poor.” The answer is indeed one of the purpose of revolution or as Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini said then was to benefit the downtrodden, the meek, the poor. And worked for some of them. But when those downtrodden, the meek, the poor who took power, they did not like to share with others downtrodden, the meek, the poor. Majority of current figures of government are from poor families of Shah’s time. As stealthy freedom pages of Masih Alinejad shows, still there are more than enough supporter of this government among those downtrodden, the meek, the poor, as well as lower middle class, who are not afraid of to confront the protesting women in streets, buses and metro knowing they are being video taped for uploading to Masih’s Youtube and Facebook pages.
      Women resistance to compulsory hijab was started much earlier then March 8, 1979 as she narrates after she is saying: “It was only after the triumph of the revolution that many women realized that they had willingly ceded their rights and brought about a regime that demanded their subjugation.” Indeed women, during the months of unrest, demonstrations and strikes before fall of the Shah’s government, assembled in large numbers and declared they are not going to allow women rights being pushed back. After the official implementation of hijab mandate, women all over the country resisted hijab at work and street, but mostly left leaning political leaders ordered their protesting female members to stop protesting to not weaken anti Imperialism momentum.
    • Sinbad the Sailor
      5.0 out of 5 stars in a world of happiness -or discontent
      Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 June 2018
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      Masih Alinejad hallmarks her character in this stunning autobiography: An impressive biography that will open our hearts and thoughts to reflect upon a world of oppression and control: A world that is very much closer to ourselves than we could have imagined: It is a deeply thoughtful and personal story that is refreshing to read: A story that will shine upon her spirit to struggle under the control of the very strict laws that govern women and girls in Iran.

      And yet, in a world of happiness -or discontent, there are some things that should NOT be -whether they be happening overseas or in our own backyard? This is the beauty of a question that draws itself forth in a reflection that haunts the consciousness of injustice.

      We can reflect upon our own life and upbringing, and generally be content, and change the way we live -if we can? But in truth - the oppressiveness of control -will drain our resources of strength.

      Masih Alinejad may relish her rebellious and mischievous nature in humour -but we endear ourselves to her courage and charm!

      I feel the book will be widely acclaimed, and be inspirational as a cornerstone of guidance and courage -and to help bury the burden of fear -and write own story respectively!

      I highly recommend:

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      '….The wind breathes through our hair. I turn to view your smile and black hair. A world lies beneath our carpet, our feet are on a rug with colourful patterns, and kings.... on a magic carpet I'd like to share...my spirit lives at night. I have a bedtime book to read – 1,000 Arabian adventures …and this is one of the stories told -beautiful you are...and inspiring too...'
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    • R Sunitha
      5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
      Reviewed in India on 18 October 2018
      Very insightful
    • ichakra
      5.0 out of 5 stars Fearless and defiant
      Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 December 2022
      This book is a chronicle of how one woman's determination to fight against oppression can lead the way to millions of women finding their voice against patriarchy. Right now, as the Western news media is awash with stories of brave Iranian women removing their compulsory hijab as a protest against the brutal murder of an activist who protested against compulsory veiling of women , this books shers an incredible insight of how truly limiting this rule can be for women in Iran. While everyone was busy sidelining the issue of women's rights in Iran in favour of other pressing political and economic issues, reading Alinejad's account gave me a true insight of the stifling suppression of the rights of women and its starch injustices. It makes sense to understand why women will risk everything for their freedom to unveil. Why this is a lot more than just the veil, this is a fight for equality, of justice, and humanity.
    • Amazon Customer
      5.0 out of 5 stars Passion, woman from a small town with big unlimited dreams
      Reviewed in Canada on 22 August 2018
      The writer brought lots of excitement in her words to capture your heart for telling a true passionate life story!
    • Bobo
      5.0 out of 5 stars Also very historical informative
      Reviewed in the United States on 14 November 2025
      Excellent
    • John T. Mooney
      5.0 out of 5 stars OUTSTANDING!
      Reviewed in the United States on 25 January 2024
      An outstanding book written by a rather brave woman! One woman who is not afraid to stand up and speak. I think this book should be on the required reading list in American high schools. People like her are the ones we salute in free countries. While most of society basically gives up and does what they are told, the world needs leaders like this. The military has guns and tanks and bombs and prisons, but all she has is her heart and voice. A really wonderful book!
    • Forough
      5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
      Reviewed in Canada on 21 November 2019
      Amazing journey with this awesome woman
      • Mahnaz
        5.0 out of 5 stars Iranian women are fighting to get their basic human rights!!
        Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 August 2018
        “Wind through my hair”! The title definitely describes the most basic human right! If we believe that women are also human!! This meaning that all human beings need to feel the wind in their hair, without an unwanted cover on their hair!! This is not just a biography of Masih Alinejad! This is persian history starting from 1979, after an Islamic extremist took over a liberal country called Iran 🇮🇷 by abusing their faith and religious believes!! It’s a brilliant read, I couldn’t put down the book! It made me feel sorry for the population, struggling to gain their basic rights! It made me cry and laugh with the writer’s sense of humour, at the same time! It’s a must read for whom going to judge Masih Alinejad! As the saying says “little knowledge is dangerous”! Only one suggestion though! This book needs to be translated to Farsi to allow People in Iran to read who aren’t fluent in English!
      • MelanieMc
        5.0 out of 5 stars A Compelling True Story of Oppression in Iran
        Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2018
        The true story of an Iranian village girl with a huge fighting spirit and a hunger for life, truth and fairness. Fearless and passionate Masih challenges the oppression in Iran.
        I knew a little about Iran’s oppressive society but now realise just how much I didn’t know, understand or appreciate. Very similar to so many of us westerners including our governments. I thought I’d never say this but hurrah for social media to give people a voice when they can’t speak out in their own countries. We are so lucky in the western world to have such freedom.
        Masih’s relentless fight to expose the hypocrisy, corruption and absurdity of Iranian law put her life at risk but her commitment is relentless and she continues to fight against compulsory hijab in Iran.
        Masih’s story is feminism at its most passionate. A pure, fearless spirit. A very brave women who tells a wonderful description of her life and many challenges.
        I laughed, I cried, I fumed at the injustices but I was sorry to finish it and will recommend it to all.
        Keep up the fight Masih and thank you for enligtening me.
      • Amazon Customer
        5.0 out of 5 stars True lived stories in this book 📖
        Reviewed in Canada on 23 September 2018
        Big shoutout
      • eric s salazar
        5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
        Reviewed in the United States on 16 August 2024
        Powerful story about the triumph and spirit of a human facing indelible odds.
      • Jane Martin
        4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting insight into Iran
        Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 December 2020
        Very interesting read about Iran today. One hopes that the regime there will be more liberal. Women should not be subjected to wearing hijabs and long robes. It is not acceptable in this day and age. Let women decide what they want to wear, or else declare that men should cover up too.
      • Sharon Keech
        3.0 out of 5 stars Clever and Brave Iranian Girl Singlehandedly Gains Worldwide Support for Women's Rights
        Reviewed in the United States on 23 November 2018
        The book follows the life story of Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist and human rights activist, from her beginnings in an impoverished agricultural village in northern Iran through her career as a journalist in Teheran to her meteoric rise as a human rights activist based in London and New York. Without the benefit of a high school degree, and forbidden by law from qualifying for a press pass, she talked her way into becoming a reporter and journalist covering political events in the Iranian parliament and the theocratic hierarchy that controlled it. Her press pass was revoked after she exposed a widespread scheme of corruption, but she continued as a journalist and columnist, escaping the later brutal crackdown of the Ahmadinejad regime which closed most opposition papers and jailed, beat and killed scores of other journalists. Masih herself had been brutally detained while in high school after posting placards advocating for a more free and open society.
        Her courage and determination are extraordinary, as she keeps telling us. Her personal history is quirky and fascinating by any standards. The story of her marriage and pregnancy hardly fits into any cultural construct. She makes an understandable and compelling case for the inhumanity of the forced wearing of the hijab by all girls and women – and the complicity of foreign diplomats who cover their heads while visiting Iran. The story lags somewhat near the end as she details her encounters with movers and shakers of the media. I ended up admiring her body of work without feeling any great fondness for the person behind it – but then I’ve never met her.
      • Amazon Customer
        5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best book I have ever read
        Reviewed in Canada on 23 August 2018
        My absolute favourite book of all times.
      • Diana Wylde
        5.0 out of 5 stars With the skill of seasoned journalists and the most open of hearts
        Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 February 2020
        As the author herself states in her acknowledgments, this is the story of her journey from a village in northern Iran to the metropolis of New York and international journalism. Born to illiterate and devout parents, she was unconvinced by the teachings they tried to impart, and in high school defied her father and the customs of her village by refusing to wear a chador. From then on it was one piece of "mischief" after another until, still in school, she was arrested, detained and interrogated. At this point she started to realise that her "mischief" was considered by others to be more serious than she had imagined.
      • SL Hoops
        4.0 out of 5 stars Glad I read this
        Reviewed in the United States on 11 October 2022
        Overall, I recommend this book, the portion I got through. I learned a lot about Iran but I grew tired of reading about every story she pursued as a journalist, and I’m a journalist! Where she really lost me was about half way through when she was blown away by a trip to Lebanon. All the freedoms she encountered were unbelievable to her, and yet in the next few pages she finally travels to the West (Britain) and gives a few sentence description about how cold the people were. That was your first impression after living in Iran your entire life? I couldn’t believe it.
      • Helen Hancke
        5.0 out of 5 stars A must to read
        Reviewed in the United States on 6 March 2024
        Masih writes a very personal story of her life as a journalist and advocate for women’s rights. She gives us a very clear view of the difficulties the Iranian women face - just in having a choice to wear a hijab or not. And also the severe consequences for violating the law! Many Iranian women are in prison today for having done nothing wrong but asking for a simple right to have a choice
        • Lela Gilbert
          5.0 out of 5 stars An inside look at Iran and its Islamic Revolution -- seen through woman's eyes
          Reviewed in the United States on 12 October 2019
          The news sometimes tells us about the threat of war with Iran, the harsh morality policing, and the nuclear danger the country poses to the world. But we hear very little about the lives of the Iranian people. What is it like, for example, being a young girl, carefree and energetic, with the end of her childhood marked too soon by being covered, head to foot, in oppressive clothes? Masih describes her childhood, her rebellious teen-age years, and her exceptionally successful career as a journalist in Iran. Then came 2009, Ahmadinejad, the Green Revolution -- and the rest of Masih's story. A world apart, and one well worth hearing about from a brave, bright and beautiful Iranian woman.
        • Frederick W. Benner
          4.0 out of 5 stars Great Item For The Price
          Reviewed in the United States on 30 March 2024
          Item arrived on time and intact and was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you
        • ShirlM
          5.0 out of 5 stars A tale of immense courage & determination
          Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 September 2023
          A chilling and eye-opening account of life as a woman in modern day Iran. I take my hat off to the author whose convictions and courage in fighting for her freedom hopefully provide inspiration to others in her home country.
        • V. Lichac
          1.0 out of 5 stars A Bad Hair Day?
          Reviewed in the United States on 3 January 2021
          I'm half way through this book, but am thinking I won't finish it! After reading some of the reviews of her dismissal of our current President and our American ways later on in the read, I'm not in the least interested in hearing her take on our way of life. There is too much of hate and discontent coming from our own citizens let alone someone from another culture. Plus her writing style is so primitive. It's like watching a foreign movie with subtitles that are missing some content of reality. She describes going from being so happy one minute and then flies into a rage the next and morphs into uncontrollable sobs. She considers herself as a warrior for truth and justice and then wallows in self pity and breaks down in hysterics. I suppose after all she has been through in her life, it is understandable how she goes from one mood to another. However, to keep blathering on about her trials in life and claiming to be such a person of integrity for the 210 pages I have already read is becoming rather tiresome. I am curious how she came to be in the USA and her account of why she no longer can be with her family in Iran. So I may try to finish this book, but it is pretty disappointing.
        • Kay Whit
          2.0 out of 5 stars Waste of time
          Reviewed in the United States on 6 July 2019
          Masih Alinejad tells the story of her struggle in oppressive Iran and her fight against a corrupt regime. Despite her horrific experiences early on, she found the courage to carry on and ultimately escaped. If one knows nothing about Iran's history, and the lack of human rights for women, this is a good read. I would have praised this book, but I found that the last two chapters were difficult to finish. My perception of her is an ungrateful person to have had the good fortune to come to the United States with all the freedoms it affords. She used the last two chapters of the book to trash our current President and resorted to name-calling, words parroted from others, which demonstrates to me a lack of critical thinking, and a woman who has fallen into the trap of group think. She currently lives in New York, and evidently goes along with what others say and do in her area. I would have closed the book feeling satisfied, but was disgusted instead.
        • Meyzi Barin
          5.0 out of 5 stars The determination to struggle for what you believe
          Reviewed in the United States on 8 August 2018
          The fascinating story of a young woman from an Iranian village. A product of the Islamic revolution which in spite of poverty, tradition, lack of education was able to fight for her right to be a free woman, educate herself, work and live the life she wanted and how she has inspired others to follow in her footsteps. It made me ashamed of my own freedom so easily acquired, and so effortless, while at the same time as a woman I felt proud of the struggle, the pain and the sacrifices she had to make to accomplish all that she did.
        • Sayeh Beheshti
          5.0 out of 5 stars The story of a truly brave woman
          Reviewed in the United States on 28 April 2021
          Masih tells her story of how, since her childhood, she was able to see how girls and women were treated unfairly in Iran. As she grew up, she became outspoken, and although she was punished severely throughout her life, her spirit could not be tamed. Over time, she has become a leading force fighting for women’s rights, especially for Iranian women. I am in awe of this brave woman!!
        • counselorjack
          5.0 out of 5 stars Courageousness in the face of daunting odds
          Reviewed in the United States on 22 July 2020
          This book was not what I was expecting although I did enjoy it. It is the story of her life: growing up in a small town in Iran; becoming a journalist; her struggles and adventures. She is a most courageous woman. She stood against the traditions of her family and country. She is to be admired for her commitment. We need more people who can stand up for what they believe without becoming violent themselves.
        • Allie Berding
          5.0 out of 5 stars Sooooo good
          Reviewed in the United States on 2 June 2024
          Amazing five stars, 10/10, couldn’t put it down. A truly compelling story very well written
        • COB
          1.0 out of 5 stars Just another ungrateful immigrant President hater!
          Reviewed in the United States on 29 April 2020
          I was so excited to read this women’s experience and watch her transformation into the ‘American’ experience and hopefully was going to read a well written history of her trials as a woman in the Middle East where they treat women and gays in the worst possible way. She is a obuma sheep and blathers on and on and on about it. He gave billions to Iran and yet, they still hate us!!! She speaks terrible about our current president. Uncalled for and very typical of the stereotype which causes such a divide in the country. If you come here... be an American Patriot and want what is best for USA not form the place where you can’t go back to! You were lucky enough to be let in, now appreciate it!!! ....too bad she was not a Trail Blazer to show how to have real American Patriotism and what it means to be lucky enough to live in the GREAT USA! Can’t get though these las few chapters .... stomach churning! Can’t even give this book away........ I am so saddened by this book and what our county has become because of haters.
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