| ID | 174944 |
| Title Proper | Not without My Daughter in Turkey |
| Other Title Information | Transnational Politics of Orientalism |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gürel, Perin E |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | A riveting narrative depicting the entrapment of an American woman and her daughter in Iran, Not without My Daughter may still be the most well-known depiction of post-revolutionary Iran in the United States. According to the 1987 book memoir and the 1991 movie by the same name, Michigan homemaker Betty Mahmoody agreed to visit Iran in 1984 for a short vacation on the assurances of her doctor husband, a native of Iran whom she had married in the United States. Once in the Islamic Republic, however, her husband forced her and their four-year-old daughter Mahtob to stay in the country. She was allowed to get a divorce and leave; however, Iranian custody laws meant she would have had to leave Mahtob behind. She refused: not without my daughter. After a year and a half of intense surveillance and physical and mental abuse at the hands of Dr. Mahmoody and his close relatives, Betty and Mahtob managed to escape across the mountains into Turkey with the help of smugglers. Finding refuge in the U.S. embassy in Ankara, the two flew back to the United States, where Betty Mahmoody became a household name, giving TV interviews, publishing her best-selling memoir, and offering her expertise to the State Department as a consultant. |
| `In' analytical Note | Diplomatic History Vol. 44, No.5; Nov 2020: p.729–755 |
| Journal Source | Diplomatic History Vol: 44 No 5 |
| Key Words | Turkey ; Orientalism ; Transnational Politics |