Iran is a country with global ambitions, an elaborate political culture, and enormous implications for world peace. How can its diversity of political positions resolve itself? This title shows that, despite the violence of the 2009 elections, the ideal of an Iranian republic is still alive.
Hooman Majd Pořadí knih (chronologicky)
Hooman Majd se narodil v Teheránu, ale vzdělával se na Západě. Jeho literární dílo se často zaměřuje na Írán, jeho kulturu a politiku, a to s jedinečným vhledem plynoucím z jeho osobní zkušenosti a rodinného zázemí. Majd zkoumá složité společenské a politické otázky s pronikavostí a vtipem, čímž čtenářům nabízí přístupný pohled na často nepochopený svět.
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
- 288 stránek
- 11 hodin čtení
Hooman Majd, acclaimed journalist and New York-residing grandson of an Ayatollah, has a unique perspective on his Iranian homeland. In this vivid, warm and humorous insider's account, he opens our eyes to an Iran that few people see, meeting opium-smoking clerics, women cab drivers and sartorially challenged presidential officials, among others. Revealing a country where both t-shirt wearing teenagers and religious martyrs express pride in their Persian origins, that is deeply religious yet highly cosmopolitan, authoritarian yet reformist, this is the one book you should read to understand Iran and Iranians today.