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1979. Camelia Entekhabifard ha sei anni quando lo Scià viene deposto dai rivoluzionari seguaci dell'ayatollah Khomeini. Nonostante gli orrori e le sofferenze provocate dalla lunga guerra tra Iran e Iraq e lo spietato controllo della polizia religiosa, la famiglia Entekhabifard decide di rimanere a Teheran, sopravvivendo miracolosamente a vent'anni di violenti eventi, tra cui la scomparsa di alcuni membri della famiglia, imprigionati dalle milizie religiose. A sedici anni Camelia è una poetessa apprezzata in tutto il paese e a diciotto diviene uno dei più giovani giornalisti riformisti di Teheran.
Otto anni dopo viene arrestata, chiusa in cella di isolamento e accusata di attentare alla sicurezza nazionale come nemica del regime islamico. Dopo mesi di isolamento e di interrogatori quotidiani, Camelia confessa i crimini che non ha commesso e crede di essersi innamorata dell'uomo brutale che conduce il terzo grado.
Nasce così il drammatico racconto di questo rapporto moralmente ambiguo ed emotivamente devastante. Tornata in libertà, Camelia ricomincia a lottare per il proprio riscatto e per sottrarsi alla compromettente relazione con quell'uomo potente e pericoloso.
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Camelia Entekhabifard was six years old in 1979 when the shah of Iran was overthrown by revolutionary supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini. Despite the terrors and deprivation of the long Iran/Iraq war, and the constant threat of the religious police patrolling their neighborhood, the Entekhabifards chose to stay in Tehran, incredibly surviving two decades of violent change, though some family members were disappeared by the Ayatollah's military forces.
By the age of sixteen, Camelia was a nationally celebrated poet, and at eighteen she was one of the youngest reformist journalists in Tehran. Just eight years later she was imprisoned, held in solitary confinement, and charged with breaching national security and challenging the authority of the Islamic regime.
After months of solitary confinement and daily interrogation, Camelia confesses to crimes she did not commit, and comes to believe that she is in love with her brutal interrogator. Thus unfolds a dramatic account of this morally ambivalent and emotionally troubling relationship. Once outside of prison, Camelia must struggle anew for her freedom, and find her way out of the compromising secrets she shares with this dangerous and powerful man.
"Camelia" is both a story of growing up in post-revolutionary Tehran and a haunting reminder of the consequences of speaking the truth in arepressive society.
Camelia Entekhabifard, a journalist and native of Tehran, currently lives in New York City and spends part of her time reporting from Afghanistan.
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