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Description edit
What would you give up to protect your loved ones? Your life? In her heartbreaking, triumphant, and elegantly written memoir, Prisoner of Tehran , Marina Nemat tells the heart-pounding story of her life as a young girl in Iran during the early days of Ayatollah Khomeini's brutal Islamic... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Ali: A guard in Evin prison who is involved in the torture and interrogation of prisoners.
- Sarah: One of Marina's friend who is put in Evin.
- Arash: A boy Marina meets when she is 13 and instantly forms a bond with.
- Andre: Goes to the same church as Marina. Marina loves him.
- Marina: Marina is a girl who grows up in Iran amid many changes. The main one being the change in Iran to an Islamic state under the Ayatollah Khomeni.
- Mr. Moosavi: Ali's father
- Aram: Arash's brother
- Mina: A prisoner in Evin
- Gita: A prisoner in Evin
- Grandma: Marina's Grandma. She is very close to her grandmother.
- Ayatollah Khomeini: Leader of the Islamic state of Iran from the late seventies until his death in 1989
- Hamehd: A guard in Evin Prison who is involved in the tortuer, interrogation and executions of prisoners.
- Zenia: Add a description of this character.
- Sister Maryam: In charge of the women's block in Evin prison that Marina is in.
- Sirus: Sarah's brother. He is also taken into Evin.
- Akram: Ali's sister
- Irena: Aram and Arash's grandmother
- Layla
- Bahar: A prisoner in Evin
- Mohammad
- Shahrzad
- Khanoom Mahmoodi
- Tamara
- Albert
- Marie
- Bahboo
- Khanoom Bahman
- Sheida
- Sima
- Mihaly
- Anna
- Massood
- Masoomeh
Setting & Locations edit
- Iran
- Tehran
- Islam
- Neda
- Mojahedin
- Russia
- Zahedan
- Iraq
- Hungary
- Luna Park
- Alborz Mountains
- United States
- Ferdosi Square
- America
- Savak
First Sentence edit
There is an ancient Persian proverb that says, "The sky isthe same colour wherever you go."
Authors & Contributors edit
- Marina Nemat (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Add the language.
Publisher: Free Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 306
Publisher: Free Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 306
Awards edit
- CBC Canada Reads (Finalist, 2012)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 365.45092
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