“Veiled Romance: A Persian Tale of Passion and Revolution” (ISBN 1456425803) unfolds
as Leila Omid writes her memoirs from an Iranian prison cell. A young and brilliant student, Leila comes from a secretly Jewish family well connected to the Shah’s government. The novel tells the story of this passionate and sensual young woman prior to her imprisonment as she rises to the upper ranks of the fundamentalist regime. She does this to free the hostage she loves: a
charismatic, openly-Jewish, Iranian business executive.
as Leila Omid writes her memoirs from an Iranian prison cell. A young and brilliant student, Leila comes from a secretly Jewish family well connected to the Shah’s government. The novel tells the story of this passionate and sensual young woman prior to her imprisonment as she rises to the upper ranks of the fundamentalist regime. She does this to free the hostage she loves: a
charismatic, openly-Jewish, Iranian business executive.
Readers are drawn into a love story in the midst of the revolutionary chaos and hostage crisis of the
American Embassy staff in Tehran. Having been held hostage as an Iranian Jew and partner of an American firm during the revolution, Ebrahimi was also inspired to write “Veiled Romance” by his own childhood experiences in Iran’s ghettos.
American Embassy staff in Tehran. Having been held hostage as an Iranian Jew and partner of an American firm during the revolution, Ebrahimi was also inspired to write “Veiled Romance” by his own childhood experiences in Iran’s ghettos.
“My book is not an anti-Muslim work,” Ebrahimi explains. “There are approximately a million
Americans of Persian descent who, regardless of their religion, are curious
about the way religious minorities were treated in their homeland.”
Americans of Persian descent who, regardless of their religion, are curious
about the way religious minorities were treated in their homeland.”
“Veiled Romance: A Persian Tale of Passion and Revolution” is available for sale online on CreateSpace.com/3507776.
