"Veils" is a series of short stories about Persian women, all connected by a Tehran street called Ghanat Abad. Some of the women still live there; others have moved to other parts of the world.Author Nahid Rachlin touches not only on life as a Muslim woman in these tales, but also the challenges of ...
3.5 starsNahid Rachlin writes with impressive fluidity, making this memoir read more like a novel. Good flow. It moves fast, and yet is a complete story. She tells of being given to her Aunt Maryam to raise, because Maryam was unable to have children. So Maryam was her "mother." But then her fathe...
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