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In the summer of 2009, as she was covering the popular uprisings in Tehran for the New York Times, Iranian journalist Nazila Fathi received a phone call. "They have given your photo to snipers," a government source warned her. Soon after, with undercover agents closing in, Fathi fled the country with her husband and two children, beginning a life of exile.In The Lonely War, Fathi interweaves her story with that of the country she left behind, showing how Iran is locked in a battle between hardliners and reformers that dates back to the country's 1979 revolution. Fathi was nine years old when that uprising replaced the Iranian shah with a radical Islamic regime. Her father, an official at a government ministry, was fired for wearing a necktie and knowing English; to support his family he was forced to labor in an orchard hundreds of miles from Tehran.
About the Author
Nazila Fathi is a former New York Times journalist and an award-winning reporter. Her book,The Lonely War, One Woman's Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran, was named the best nonfiction in 2014 by Vogue, The Guardian, and Foreign Policy Association. She is a mother and believes stories raise more confident children.
