The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran
By Hooman Majd
Categories: History
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran (2008) by Hooman Majd is a portrait of Iranian society and politics. Majd, an Iranian-American journalist and the grandson of an ayatollah, draws on his access to political and religious figures and to ordinary Iranians. He explains the customs, beliefs and contradictions that shape life in the Islamic Republic, from the rituals of politeness known as taarof to the country's relations with the West.
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- Fareed Zakaria: “It's a terrific book that looks inside Persian life, a portrait of a proud and often paradoxical country. Very good. Very well written.”