{"product_id":"from-miniskirt-to-hijab-a-girl-in-revolutionary-iran-paperback","title":"From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Saper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a 2020 Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2021 Eric Hoffer Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e021 Feathered Quill Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2020 Clara Johnson Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacqueline Saper, named after Jacqueline Kennedy, was born in Tehran to Iranian and British parents. At eighteen she witnessed the civil unrest of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and continued to live in the Islamic Republic during its most volatile times, including the Iran-Iraq War. In a deeply intimate and personal story, Saper recounts her privileged childhood in prerevolutionary Iran and how she gradually became aware of the paradoxes in her life and community, primarily the disparate religions and cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1979, under the Ayatollah regime, Iran became increasingly unfamiliar and hostile to Saper. Seemingly overnight she went from a carefree life of wearing miniskirts and attending high school to listening to fanatic diatribes, being forced to wear the hijab, and hiding in the basement as Iraqi bombs fell over the city. After witnessing her six-year-old daughter's indoctrination into radical Islamic politics at school, she fled to the United States in 1987 with her husband and children. At the heart of Saper's story, \u003ci\u003eFrom Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran\u003c\/i\u003e, is a harrowing and instructive tale of how extremist ideologies seized a Westernized, affluent country and transformed it into a fundamentalist Islamic society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacqueline Saper\u003c\/b\u003e is a CPA, educator, translator, public speaker, and expert on Iranian subject matter. Her opinion columns and articles regularly appear in national and international publications. She can be reached at JacquelineSaper.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 239\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48807698202872,"sku":"9781640127029","price":31.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/QYGUjDC_Mp9781640127029.webp?v=1780530623","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/from-miniskirt-to-hijab-a-girl-in-revolutionary-iran-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}