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In 1982, 16-year-old Marina Nemat was arrested on false charges by Iranian Revolutionary Guards and tortured in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. At a time when most Western teenaged girls are choosing their prom dresses, Nemat was having her feet beaten by men with cables and listening to gunshots as her friends were being executed. She survived only because one of the guards fell in love with her and threatened to harm her family if she refused to marry him. Soon after her forced conversion to Islam and marriage, her husband was assassinated by rival factions. Nemat was returned to prison but, ironically, it was her captor's family who eventually secured her release. An extraordinary tale of faith and survival, Prisoner of Tehran is a testament to the power of love in the face of evil and injustice.

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AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

• Toronto author Marina Nemat awarded first "Human Dignity" prize by European Parliament; presentation in Milan, Italy, on December 15, 2007
• British Columbia Award for Canadian Non-Fiction Announces Longlist
• Shortlist for the YoungMinds Book Award 2007
• 2007 Borders Original Voices Award Finalists
• The Grinzane Award (Italy)
  

Watch "The Story of Dance in Iran" narrated (in Persian) by Marina's father
who was a dance instructor in Iran for many years (click here for an English translation)

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