Marina Nemat

In 1982, 16-year-old Marina Nemat was arrested on false charges by Iranian Revolutionary Guards and tortured in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison. At a time when most Western teenaged girls are choosing their prom dresses, Nemat was having her feet beaten by men with cables and listening to gunshots as her friends were being executed. She survived only because one of the guards fell in love with her and threatened to harm her family if she refused to marry him. Soon after her forced conversion to Islam and marriage, her husband was assassinated by rival factions. Nemat was returned to prison but, ironically, it was her captor’s family who eventually secured her release. An extraordinary tale of faith and survival, Prisoner of Tehran is a testament to the power of love in the face of evil and injustice.

A Memoir

Prisoner of Tehran

سجينه طهران

The complete set of memoirs by internationally bestselling author Marina Nemat. Prisoner of Tehran In 1982, sixteen-year-old Marina Nemat was arrested on false charges by Iranian Revolutionary Guards and tortured in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. At a time when most Western teenaged girls are choosing their prom dresses, Nemat was having her feet beaten by men with cables and listening to gunshots as her friends were being executed. She survived only because one of the guards fell in love with her and threatened to arrest her parents if she refused to marry him. Soon after her forced conversion to Islam and marriage, her husband was assassinated by rival factions. Nemat was returned to prison but, ironically, it was her captor’s family who eventually secured her release. An extraordinary tale of faith and survival, Prisoner of Tehran is a testament to the power of love in the face of evil and injustice. After Tehran In After Tehran, her powerful second memoir, Marina Nemat tells of her battle to regain her voice and recounts how much her life has changed since the publication of her internationally bestselling memoir, Prisoner of Tehran. Settling into a new life as immigrants, Nemat and her husband find jobs, raise their two children, and seemingly adapt. But inwardly, she is struggling with the effects of the torture and imprisonment she endured in Iran as a teenager. Haunted by survivor’s guilt, she feels compelled to speak out about what happened to her in prison, but no one seems willing to listen, not even her family. As her account becomes a bestselling book, Nemat’s life begins to change again. A story of courage and recovery, After Tehran chronicles Nemat’s confrontation with her past, telling how she re-engages with her distant father, and how she ultimately emerges from the emotional ravages of post-traumatic stress.

Marina Nemat's Memoirs (Prisoner Of Tehran and After Tehran)

Following her escape from Iran, Nemat builds a new life in Canada with her husband and infant son. But she is haunted by survivor's guilt and feels increasingly compelled to speak out about what happened to her in prison.

A Life Reclaimed

After Tehran

În ianuarie 1982, Marina Moradi-Bakht, pe atunci în vârstă de 16 ani, este arestată, apoi torturată și condamnată la moarte pentru crime politice: protestase la școală împreună cu alți tineri atunci când, în urma revoluției din Iran, propaganda islamică și studierea Coranului deveniseră mai importante decât disciplinele de învățământ. În sinistra închisoare Evin din Teheran, Ali, unul dintre anchetatorii care interoghează deținuții, se îndrăgostește de ea și o salvează din fata plutonului de execuție folosindu-și legăturile cu ayatollahul Khomeini. Prețul pe care i-l cere în schimb este covârșitor: va trebui să-l ia de soț și să se convertească la religia islamică. Altfel, nu doar ea, ci întreaga ei familie și Andre Nemat, tânărul pe care îl iubește, vor avea de suferit. Marina va trebui să accepte și, din condamnată la moarte, va deveni prizonieră pe viață a statului iranian și a bărbatului care ține în mâini soarta ei și a familiei sale. Dramatice, pline de pasiune și sensibilitate, amintirile ei au fost traduse și publicate în zeci de țări din întreaga lume.

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