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Camelia Entekhabifard

Author of Camelia: Save Yourself by Telling the Truth - A Memoir of Iran

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About the Author

Camelia Entekhabifard, a journalist, poet and painter, has been a contributor to the New York Times and O: The Oprah Magazine, and has reported on Iranian and Afghan affairs for AP, Reuters, EurasiaNet, the Egyptian Gazette, Al-Nahar, the Village Voice, and Mother Jones. She holds a master's degree show more from New York University's School of Journalism and another master's degree from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs show less

Includes the names: Camelia Entekhabifard, Camelia Entekhabi-Fard

Works by Camelia Entekhabifard

Camelia: Save Yourself by Telling the Truth - A Memoir of Iran (2007) 13 copies, 1 review

Associated Works

Everything You Know Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Secrets and Lies (2002) — Contributor — 995 copies, 5 reviews

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6 years of age (1) a meeting which became more and more dangerous.. finally she made the decision and with the help of many friends both inside and outside of Iran (1) autobiography/memoir (1) biography (1) BLTG (1) book lust (1) camelia (1) challenge (1) Iran (2) journalist (1) Jun29 (1) memoir (1) mullahs and their mignons she ends up in the fall of 1999 imprisioned..she uses theatrics (specifically her hands) to make her interrogator fall in love (1) non-fiction (1) poet (1) prisoner (1) she received a visa for America ....and now has cleared her heart by telling her story to the world. (1) Shelf A49 (1) society (1) Tehran (1) the influences of family members and her coming of age.. much like her mother she said (and wrote) what was on her mind.. with the change in Iranian society to one of betrayers and betrayed (1) to save her life.. as time passed she found herself falling in love also and when finally released after about 3 months of solitary confinement where she confessed anything and everything to the satisfaction of her interrogator she was released but under (1) to-read (3) with the departure of the shah of Iran in l979 grows into a young lady artistically inclined to poetry (1) writing etc...with a desire to be a journalist... her memoir tells of her growing up within a close-knit family (1)

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Canonical name: Entekhabifard, Camelia
Other names: Entekhabi-Fard, Camelia
Fard, Camelia E.
کاملیا انتخابی‌فرد
Birthdate: 1973
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran

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Camelia: Save Yourself By Telling The Truth-A Memoir… by Camelia Entekhabifard

A moving memoir by yet another survivor of the Iranian prison system.

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dfullmer | Nov 6, 2007 |

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Members: 13
Popularity: #774,335
Rating: ½ 3.4

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 2

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