Roya Hakakian Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Proud refugee. Wandering Jew. Persian poet. Writer. Latest book: A Beginner's Guide to America. Senior Fellow @AmericanPurpose, @CFR, @SNFAgorajhu
Afghanistan: time for a new strategy?
United States SenateRoya HakakianRemembering #Afghanistan: "On April 23, 1975, as South Vietnam’s collapse accelerated, Senator Biden repeated the point on the Senate floor. “I do not believe the United States has an obligation, moral or otherwise, to evacuate foreign nationals.” https://t.co/0Ylv0df1FC
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Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewish Woman
Hannah ArendtRoya Hakakian“The thing that all my life seemed to be the greatest shame which was the misery and misfortune of my life having been born a Jewess, this I should, on no account now wish to have missed.” —Rahel Varnhagen (on her deathbed) By Hannah Arendt https://t.co/cwgMC4gCgq
Paperback, 2022
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Mutual Friend
Charles Dickens DickensRoya HakakianNo one is useless in this world... who lightens the burden of it for any one else. — “Our Mutual Friend”, Charles Dickens
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Our Mutual Friend
Charles DickensRoya HakakianNo one is useless in this world... who lightens the burden of it for any one else. — “Our Mutual Friend”, Charles Dickens
Paperback, 2017
$20.65Member price:$10.32 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Mutual Friend
Charles DickensRoya HakakianNo one is useless in this world... who lightens the burden of it for any one else. — “Our Mutual Friend”, Charles Dickens
Paperback, 2017
$13.99Member price:$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
Carlos EireRoya HakakianMy next talk will be moderated by someoneI've long loved and admired. I'll be in conversation with Carlos Eire, of Waiting for Snow in Havana fame, at my next event. A Cuban refugee compares notes with an Iranian refugee! Thrilled! https://t.co/alrtAnoAj7
Paperback, 2004
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Other Side of Silence: A Memoir of Exile, Iran, and the Global Women's Movement
Mahnaz AfkhamiRoya HakakianCan’t think of a more timely book to read now on the subject of Iranian women’s struggle for equality. #mahsaamini The Other Side of Silence | Mahnaz Afkhami | University of North Carolina Press https://t.co/ph4zfAdNRw
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The World of Yesterday
Stefan ZweigRoya HakakianEverything we forget about our own lives was really condemned to oblivion by an inner instinct long ago. —Stefan Zweig in “ The world of yesterday” https://t.co/YDEYor2mJD
Paperback, 2013
$26.95Member price:$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich NietzscheRoya Hakakian“But the worst enemy you can meet will always be yourself … how could you become new, if you had not first become ashes?” Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra https://t.co/vuSDXAYOsa
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Assassins of the Turquoise Palace
Roya HakakianRoya HakakianSeptember 17 marks the 30th anniversary of the assassination of the #Kurdish leaders at the Mykonos Restaurant in Berlin. My book, Assassins of the Turquoise Palace, is now available in Persian. This is more than a translation. It's a stunning recreation by @arash_joudaki https://t.co/72Vvwo0VK3
Paperback, 2012
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book