At age twelve, Ateesh is forced into an arranged marriage with an abusive man. When she objects, she is told that she "needs a mans name on her, to protect her." While in one era that would have been the end of her story, here it is just the beginning for a young woman determined to make her own decisions. She engages the help of other strong women who, despite worries about family honor, eventually help Ateesh obtain a divorce and enter the pathto a new life thatleads to university. Learning there about modern relationships, independence and control become even more important to her. Rather than submit to the oppressive control of another man, she decides to use men to gain independence from them.This decision leads her to enter into multiple "temporary marriages," a form of prostitution sanctioned by society and religion through a skewed interpretation of the Koran and Islamic law. We follow Ateesh in the coming years as her world becomes increasingly complicated and dividedone life behind closed doors as a siqeh and another as a university student and researcher working for womens equality.Based on interviews conducted by the author, Ateeshs story represents the compelling accounts of legal and cultural injustices that prevail in modern Iran.Born in Tehran, attorney and professor Nadia Shahram planned to be the Iranian Barbara Walters. Interrupted by the 1979 revolution, she moved to the United States where she advocates for Muslim womens rights.

Binding: Paperback;330 pages; Publisher: Unhooked Books LLC dba High Conflict Institute P; Classification: FA; Weight: 573 g; Dimensions: 228 x 152

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