Synopses & Reviews
For over fifty years the Shah Pahlavi dynasty ruled Iran until Ayatollah Khomeini's 1979 Islamic Revolution seized power and began its own reign of tyranny. The questions about the revolution shape while the answers shed light on Islamic Iran's current events and tell us why it strives for nuclear energy, chants "Death to Israel," and claims to be the most powerful force in the Middle East and Muslim world. History perhaps is best described through life stories we each can hold dearly. is one such story about three brothers the author knew through their sister, Pari, a childhood friend. Each brother subscribes to a different political ideology that tears Iran and their lives apart. As Pari observes, her brothers live deluded lives in golden cages of ideology. These words mark the beginning of this story, illuminating the multifaceted, oppressive Iran of today and years past.
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"Very powerful" PBS Frontline
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"Riveting ... this moving book is a monument in itself, commemorating friendship and the human spirit" The Times, UK
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"Powerful declaration between each line" Diplomat Magazine
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"Moving memoir" Publishers Weekly
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"Masterpiece... a beautiful innocence of writing" Ceasefire Magazine
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"Bold and brave" Wall Street Journal
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"Poignant memories... painfully real" Amnesty International
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"Extraordinary" The Independent, U.K.
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"Nobel winner writes of peace" NPR All Things Considered
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"Gripping story... a sad lesson in how revolutions eat their own" Director Isobel Coleman of the Council on Foreign Relations
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"Amazing. Do not miss this book" President Jessica Tuchman Mathews of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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"Couldn't put it down...guarantee you will be touched" Executive Director Karen Greenberg of The Center on Law and Security at New York University
Synopsis
History perhaps is best described through life stories we each can hold dearly.The Golden Cage is one such story about three brothers the author knew through their sister, Pari, a childhood friend. Each brother subscribes to a different political ideology that tears Iran and their lives apart. As Pari observes, her brothers live deluded lives in golden cages of ideology. These words mark the beginning of this story, illuminating the multifaceted, oppressive Iran of today and years past.
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"If you do not have the power to overthrow the rule of oppression, inform others of the oppression."--Persian proverb
About the Author
Shirin Ebadi, a worldwide advocate for human rights, is the first Iranian and first Muslim woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (2003). Her book Iran Awakening has been translated into forty languages.