Camellia entekhabifard biography sample

PERSONAL:

Born , in Tehran, Iran.

ADDRESSES:

Home—New York, NY.

CAREER:

Journalist. Writer for Iranian reformist newspapers, including Zan, for six years; imprisoned for her journalistic activities for three months in ; granted political asylum in United States, ; reporter for Associated Press, Reuters, and Eurasia Net.

WRITINGS:

Camelia: Save Yourself by Telling the Truth—A Memoir of Iran, translated by George Murer, Seven Stories Press (New York, NY),

Contributor to periodicals, including Village Voice and Mother Jones.

SIDELIGHTS:

Camelia Entekhabifard, an Iranian-born journalist, is the author of the critically acclaimed work Camelia: Save Yourself by Telling the Truth—A Memoir of Iran, described as "a haunting document of repression" by a contributor in California Bookwatch. Entekhabifard opens her work in , when Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi fled the country following months of protests against his regime.

Despite the political t