Exiled Memories: Stories of Iranian Diaspora

Contents

Contents Preface, or, How I Started Story Gathering xiii Acknowledgments xix Iran and the United States: A Chronology xxi Chapter 1 Introduction: Fabricating Identity 1 Chapter 2 There: Remembering Home 21 Zia Ashraf Nasr 23 Pari (pseud.) 33 Mohamad Tavakoli 43 Lily 51 Hamid Naficy 59 Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa 65 Afsaneh Najmabadi 70 Tahereh (pseud.) 75 Homa Sarshar 84 Mandana (pseud.) 87 Roqeyeh Arbat Kazemi 89 Fereydoun Safizadeh 94 Rebwar Kurdi (pseud.) 97 Jahan Kurd (pseud.) 104 Daryoosh 106 Kambys Shirazi (pseud.) 111 Keyvan 117 Soheyl (pseud.) 119 Ali Behdad 121 Chapter 3 Revolution: Narrating Upheaval 123 Faranak 133 Pari (pseud.) 138 xii contents Lily 141 Homa Sarshar 144 Mandana (pseud.) 147 Afsaneh Najmabadi 149 Tahereh (pseud.) 154 Mrs. Ghandsaz (pseud.) 156 Zia Ashraf Nasr 162 Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa 163 Barbod 165 Rebwar Kurdi (pseud.) 171 Kambys Shirazi (pseud.) 174 Mehrdad Haghighi 177 Yahya (pseud.) 181 Professor Ali (pseud.) 186 Fereydoun Safizadeh 190 Keyvan 192 Ali Behdad 194 Soheyl (pseud.) 197 Chapter 4 Here: Reconstructing Migration and Exile 201 Rebwar Kurdi (pseud.) 208 Barbod 210 Mehrdad Haghighi 214 Lily 217 Homa Sarshar 218 Mandana (pseud.) 221 Professor Ali (pseud.) 223 Yahya (pseud.) 224 Pari (pseud.) 226 Afsaneh Najmabadi 229 Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa 232 Tahereh (pseud.) 235 Hamid Naficy 238 Ramin Sobhan (pseud.) 242 Ali Behdad 247 Zia Ashraf Nasr 252 Susan Bazargan 253 Chapter 5 Epilogue 261 Notes 267 Select Bibliography 275 Index 285 Photographs follow page 122 ...