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National Kids Geographic. Taking Cover: One Girl's Story of Growing Up During the Iranian Revolution
FOREWORD. BY FIROOZEH DUMAS, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF FUNNY IN FARSI
CHAPTER 1. FURY. 1986 (PART 1) Javabe ablahan khamooshist — Persian proverb. Silence is the best answer to fools
CHAPTER 2. REVOLUTION. 1979. Ze gahvare ta gur danesh bejooy — Persian proverb. Seek knowledge from cradle to the grave
CHAPTER 3. ACTING. 1980. Az khejalat ab shodam — Persian proverb. I melted from shame
CHAPTER 4. RETREAT. SUMMER 1980. Ghatre daryast, agar ba daryast varna ghatre ghatre, darya daryast — Persian proverb. A drop is ocean only when it is in the ocean, otherwise a drop is a drop and an ocean is an ocean
CHAPTER 5. REBELLION. 1980–1981. Din o donya do zede yekdigarand — Persian proverb. Religion and the world are against each other
CHAPTER 6. WAR. 1981. To kaz mehnate digaran bighami Nashayad ke namat nahand adami —Saadi, Persian poet. You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting you be called human
CHAPTER 7. EXPECTATIONS. 1982. Behesht zire paye madaran ast — Persian proverb. Heaven is under the feet of mothers
CHAPTER 8. SPACES. 1983. Manteghe poshte kalamatat ra bala bebar na sedayat. Baran ast ke gol ha ra parvaresh midahad na sa’eghe — Rumi, Persian poet. Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder
CHAPTER 9. HIDING. 1984. Gozashteha gozashte — Persian proverb. The past is past, or, let bygones be bygones
CHAPTER 10. LOVE. 1984. Rassme ashegh nist ba yek del do delbar dashtan — Ghaani Shirazi, Persian poet. It is not the lover’s way to have two sweethearts with one heart
CHAPTER 11. FURY. 1986 (Part 2) Dar nomidi basi omid ast payane shabe siyah sepid ast — Persian proverb. There is much hope in hopelessness; for at the end of the dark night there is light
CHAPTER 12. DEPARTURE. 1987. Kuh be kuh nemiresad, adam be adam miresad —Persian proverb. Mountains don’t meet, but people do
AFTERWORD
—Dr. Ezatollah Homayoonfar, poet and writer
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Author’s Note
To write my story, I relied upon my personal memories and those of my parents. I have changed the names of all of the individuals in this book, and in some cases, I modified details to protect loved ones.
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“Because I don’t want to,” I whispered back.
“But you’ll get in trouble,” she warned.
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