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Author Saper, Jacqueline, 1961- author.

Title From miniskirt to hijab : a girl in revolutionary Iran / Jacqueline Saper
Published [Lincoln] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource
Contents The best of both worlds -- My Iranian mothers -- The Shah's spectacular parties -- Cracks along the avenue -- England -- Homecoming -- When Jacqueline met Ebi -- Nightly calls of "Allahu-Akbar" -- The man in the moon -- The king is crying -- Utopia? -- My first referendum -- Executions -- My Jewish wedding in the Islamic Republic -- "Death to America" -- Invasion -- The sacred defense -- "Sister, guard your hijab" -- The downhill -- The second-class citizen -- Public life, private self -- Half of the world's beauty -- Front of the war, front of the plane -- "The martyr" -- Welcome to first grade -- Why is this night different? -- The view from the rooftop -- Flight
Summary "From Miniskirt to Hijab is the story of an English-Iranian Jewish girl coming of age in Iran before, during, and after the Islamic Revolution"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 11, 2019)
Subject Saper, Jacqueline, 1961- -- Childhood and youth
SUBJECT Saper, Jacqueline, 1961- -- Childhood and youth
Subject Jewish women -- Iran -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
Childhood and youth of a person
Jewish women
SUBJECT Iran -- History -- Revolution, 1979 -- Personal narratives, Jewish
Subject Iran
Genre/Form Electronic books
autobiographies (literary works)
Personal narratives
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Personal narratives
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
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