ShahNameh Publisher

  Maryam Kamali's memoir vividly depicts her life journey from a small town in Iran, after the 1979 revolution cast the dark shadow of the Islamic Republic regime over the country. It illuminates how darkness keeps people away from the light, from home to society, and from school to university. Iran's people move from one dark room to another as hardliners and reformists exchange power.
  The narrator pursues small lights from her hometown to big cities and the capital, then sets foot on the path to immigration to the USA. Her description of schools in small villages, large cities, and universities offers a comparative view of the educational systems in Iran and the USA. Through history, literature, and culture, she uncovers the source of the light that takes on the colors of the sun and lion flag.
  An Iranian Woman Passing Through the Age of Darkness sheds a ray of light on the everyday lives of Iranian people who seek to live in peace and prosperity with the world, yet whose voices are silenced.