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Free Library of Philadelphia - Haleh Esfandiari - My Prison, My Home - With Ali Eteraz - Children of Dust

Tue, 10/20/2009 - 7:30pm

My Prison, My Home

A distinguished Iranian-American intellectual, Haleh Esfandiari is the founding Director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Middle East Program. Falsely imprisoned for four months in Iran under the belief that she knew of a U.S. plot for "regime change," Esfandiari was placed in solitary confinement, subjected to interrogation, and threatened with a show trial and life in prison. Weaving her personal story of capture and release with her extensive knowledge of Iran, My Prison is a survivor's portrait of Iran today.

With Ali Eteraz

Children of Dust

In Children of Dust, Ali Eteraz-an international lawyer who founded a think tank dedicated to legal reform in the Muslim world-recounts his schooling in a madrassa in Pakistan, his move to the United States, and his subsequent return to find a Muslim wife, during which he becomes the subject of an abduction plot by the Taliban and is forced to grapple with his Islamic identity.

Central Library
1901 Vine St
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

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By Haleh Esfandiari
$25.99
ISBN-13: 9780061583278
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Ecco, 09/01/2009

By Ali Eteraz
$25.99
ISBN-13: 9780061567087
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: HarperOne, 10/01/2009

Location: 
Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103