In 1976, at the age of twenty-three, Farideh Goldin left Iran in searchof her imagined America. Meanwhile, the political unrest in Iranintensified and in 1979, Farideh's family was forced to flee Iranon the last El-Al flight to Tel Aviv. Farideh's father was awell-respected son of the chief rabbi and dayan of the Jews of Shiraz.During his last visit to the US in 2006, he handed Farideh his memoirchronicalling his life after exile: the confiscation of hispassport when he returned to Iran for his belongings, the years ofloneliness as he struggled against a hostile bureaucracy to return tohis wife and family in Israel, and the eventual loss of the poultryfarm that had supported his family. Leaving Iran knitstogether Farideh's story of dislocation and loss with her ownexperience as an Iranian Jew in a newly adopted home.

An intimate portrait of one family's displacement after the 1979Iranian Revolution and their search for identity.

About the Author

Born in Shiraz, Iran to a family of dayanim, FaridehGoldin now lives in Virginia and is the director of theInstitute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding at OldDominion University. Goldin is a frequent lecturer and presenter onIranian culture. Her first memoir, Wedding Song: Memoirs of anIranian Jewish Woman was published in 2003.

Book Information
ISBN 9781771991377
Author Farideh Goldin
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint AU Press
Publisher AU Press
Weight(grams) 454g