Zarah Ghahramani

Ghahramani was born and raised in Tehran, Iran in 1981 as the daughter of a Kurdish father who was a military officer under the Shah of Iran, and a mother who raised Ghahramani in the Zoroastrian faith."[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/mar/01/featuresreviews.guardianreview26 Veiled Threats]" by James Buchan, The Guardian Newspaper, March 1, 2008. Because Ghahramani's family strongly disagreed with the country's conservative rulers,"[http://motherjones.com/politics/2008/01/thirty-days-irans-worst-prison Thirty Days in Iran's Worst Prison]" by Kiera Butler, Mother Jones, Jan. 4, 2008. she was politically active from an early age. However, her "rage at the government was a matter of personal style as much as of principle," resulting from the "dos and don'ts" of the life she was expected to live under."[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/books/09grimes.html Color Her Protest Pink (and Floral)]" by William Grimes, The New York Times, January 9, 2008.

When Ghahramani was a 20-year-old college student at the University of Tehran, she was involved in student politics. After a period of political activism that displeased the Iranian authorities, she was arrested and imprisoned in the infamous Evin prison."[http://motherjones.com/politics/2008/01/thirty-days-irans-worst-prison Thirty Days in Iran's Worst Prison]" by Kiera Butler, Mother Jones, Jan. 4, 2008. Charged with "inciting crimes against the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran,""[http://www.scribepublications.com.au/book/mylifeasatraitor My Life as a Traitor] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210054422/http://www.scribepublications.com.au/book/mylifeasatraitor |date=February 10, 2008 }}" by Zarah Ghahramani & Robert Hillman, Scribe Publications. Ghahramani was beaten, interrogated and locked in solitary confinement. At the end of her 30-day sentence, she was released.

Because Ghahraman was at risk of being arrested again, the writer Robert Hillman helped her to escape the country."[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/a-life-on-the-edge/story-e6frfimf-1111112248994 A life on the edge]" by Robert Hillman, Herald Sun, September 22, 2006. She currently lives in Australia.

In 2007 Ghahramani and Hillman published My Life as a Traitor, a biographical account of Ghahramani's life and imprisonment. The book won the award for Australian Small Publisher of the Year for 2006.{{cite web|url=http://scribepublications.com.au/files/asset/location/17/My_Life_As_a_Traitor_Extract.pdf|title=Extract from ''My Life as a Traitor|publisher=Scribe Publications|access-date=17 January 2008}} and was shortlisted for the 2008 Prime Minister's Literary Awards.{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/books/09grimes.html |title= Book Authors of the Times: Zarah Ghahramani |publisher= The New York Times |access-date= 2023-07-13}}

Ghahramani continues to write, most recently publishing an essay in the anthology How They See Us, edited by James Atlas."[http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/headlines/20100103-Book-review-How-They-6426.ece Book review: 'How They See Us,' edited by James Atlas]" by Jim Landers, The Dallas Morning News, January 3, 2010.

Other writings/publications by Zarah Ghahramani include:

• {{Cite book |title= Forced to Betrayal: My Escape from the Mullahs |last= Ghahramani |first= Zarah |authorlink= Zarah Ghahramani |year= |publisher= |isbn= 978-3-547-71141-7 |pages= |url= }}

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• [https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/zarah-ghahramani.html Books by Zarah Ghahramani and Complete Book Reviews] at Publishers Weekly

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