My Mother's Story

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My Mother's Story: A Journey Through Poverty, Repression, Civil War, Patience, and Perseverance
Front cover of the book " My Mother's Story: A Journey Through Poverty, Repression, Civil War, Patience, and Perseverance".
AuthorDr. Majid Rafizadeh
SubjectIslam feminism women memoir democracy freedom human rights
PublisherFingerprint Press
Publication date
2015
Pages222
ISBN978-8175993013
OCLC8175993014

My Mother's Story: A Journey Through Poverty, Repression, Civil War, Patience, and Perseverance is a book written by Majid Rafizadeh (born December 25, 1980) an American political scientist, public speaker, human rights activist, Harvard University scholar and TV commentator who grew up in Iran and Syria. The book was published in 2015 by Fingerprint Press. The Telegraph (Calcutta) said it "provides a valuable insight" into the oppression women face.[1]

In his memoir, Rafizadeh relates his and his mother's life in patriarchal, male-dominated systems and Islam. He addresses the social, political, and cultural history of Islam from a socio-political and psychological perspective.[2]

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  1. ^ Telegraph (November 6, 2015). "Paperback Pickings". Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  2. ^ KARANGUTKAR, SUYASH (December 18, 2015). "BOOK REVIEW: A GOD WHO HATES WOMEN". Spectral. Retrieved December 16, 2015.