Is fascinating family saga of life in
Persia/Iran that spans the 20th
Century and explores the life of women
in Iran. Interweaving fact and fiction,
Persian Dreams brings to life a culture
and history that is largely unknown to
Westerners, revealing a family, and a
story you will never forget.
Excerpt
He answered in an angry voice. I am her uncle and she will be in
my care. Please pack whatever you have here.
What happens to Shiva; do you care? She just lost her father, and
now you want to separate her from her mother?
He coldly replied, ?I am her father now and my wife will be her
mother.?
I was the one who carried her in me and gave birth to her, I was
the one who cared for her and raised her, now your wife is her mother?
asked Talah incredulously.
"Yes, that is God's will. My wife will be her mother" he said.
"God said that mothers have no rights? What kind of God is he?"
she replied bitterly.
He said, Bite your tongue and do not blaspheme. Since God is
great and He knows better than us, I am obeying God's will that after
my brother's death I have custody of my niece.?
She could not argue or say any more. She could be whipped to
death if she told him what she felt. God is not just and that's a fact, she
told herself. But then she remembered that she would be burned in
hell if she continued to think that God was not just and continued
to ask why women have to go through so much.
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