Lipstick Jihad

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| name = Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran

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| author = Azadeh Moaveni

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| subject = Iranian American women

| genre = Biography

| publisher = Public Affairs

| pub_date = 2005

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| pages = 249

| isbn = 1-58648-193-2

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| dewey= 305.48/89155073/092 B 22

| congress= E184.I5 M63 2005

| oclc= 56617255

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Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran ({{ISBN|1-58648-193-2}}) is Iranian-American writer Azadeh Moaveni's first book, published on February 4, 2005.

The book tells the story of the author's first-person experiences in Iran where she worked as a reporter after living in the United States her entire life.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/05/15/DI2006051501234.html |title=Lipstick Jihad |date=23 May 2006 |newspaper=The Washington Post }}{{cite web |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2005/03/lipstick-jihad-interview-azadeh-moaveni |title=An interview with Azadeh Moaveni|date=9 March 2005 |publisher=Mother Jones }} The book is part of a growing movement of female writers within the Iranian diaspora, including such other authors as Marjane Satrapi, Firoozeh Dumas, Nahid Rachlin, and Azar Nafisi.{{cite web |url=http://www.powells.com/biblio/9781586481933 |title=Lipstick Jihad |accessdate=23 March 2014 |publisher=Powell's Books }}

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