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Mahtob Maryam Mahmoody (Persian: مهتاب محمودى; born September 4, 1979) is an American author who wrote the autobiographical memoir My Name is Mahtob, which depicts her perspective of her family's story when she and her mother, Betty Mahmoody, were held captive by her father, Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody, in his country of birth, Iran, for ...
- A Two-Week Vacation
- A Different Side to Her Dad
- Negative Stereotypes?
In the summer of 1984, the Mahmoody family had relocated from Alpena to metro Detroit. They had rented a house in Southfield, and had undertaken steps to build a house in Birmingham. Mahtob was to start a Montessori school in September, but, first, her father was determined to take a trip to Iran. It was only supposed to be a two-week vacation. Bet...
Over the years, her mother would pull out photo albums of happy family times, so Mahtob would remember another side to her father, rather than the man who became obsessed with anti-American sentiments. “I learned a lot about myself writing,” says Mahtob. She created the book from scribbles jotted down on sticky notes, affixed to “a wall of moments ...
Some have criticized the movie "Not Without My Daughter" for what they say are racist depictions of Muslim men, playing into bigoted stereotypes. Jack Shaheen, professor emeritus of mass communications at Southern Illinois University, cited the movie in his book about negative depictions of Arabs, Persians, and Muslims in American movies, "Reel Bad...
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Jan 12, 2016 · The movie "Not Without My Daughter," starring actress Sally Fields, was told from the mother's perspective. Now, two decades later the daughter Mahtob Mahmoo...
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Feb 10, 2016 · Betty Mahmoody’s book “Not Without My Daughter” recounted how her then-husband held her and their daughter Mahtob captive in Iran for 18 months and how they escaped to return to Michigan.
Jan 12, 2016 · The harrowing escape from Iran of an American mother, Betty Mahmoody, and her 6-year-old daughter stunned the world in the movie, "Not Without My Daughter," starring actress Sally Fields. But that film and the book that inspired it were told from the mother's perspective.
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Dec 16, 2015 · American-born Mahtob Mahmoody was only six years old when her Iranian-born father refused to let her and her mother return home to the United States after a two-week holiday in Iran.
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Nov 29, 2015 · RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's been almost 25 years since a film called "Not Without My Daughter" captured the world's attention and thrust a Michigan mother and her child into the international...
