It is important to address the remarkable role of women in war, both on and off the battlefield behind the frontline. When we tell women about themselves and their potential displayed in a showcase called war, we are actually reminding them of their capabilities. Sabah Vatankhah was a diligent female relief worker in the cities of Abadan and Khorramshahr who played a role in the occupation of Khorramshahr as well as the public resistance to the occupation. Sabah was a girl with a questioning spirit who researched Islam and the Islamic Revolution step by step and had a good knowledge of them and also believed in them. She was a defender of her city and an example of the revolutionary generation of those years. She consciously and insightfully chose the path of her life and belief and endured all of the hardships and difficulties. Vatankhah was present from the very first days of the war in Khorramshahr and later in Abadan, and as a militia fighter retells everything she had seen and experienced. The book, like another memoir, works particularly from a female perspective, is written in detail. While adhering to the original memories, the author has used writing skills to make the memories more attractive. But what makes Sabah even more readable is the close-up view of the days of Khorramshahr’s resistance. In Sabah, it seems that Khorramshahr itself has opened its mouth and after almost four decades, has narrated everything in its memory; from sadness of missing loved ones and forced migration to the surrounding cities to “Khamseh Khamsehs” that could not frustrate a city and the people who, based on an unwritten treaty, resisted house to house. What you see as the character development and atmosphere creation in the book Sabah is self-evident truths and kind of documentary writing materials and tools. The memories of Ms. Vatankhah are a result of 300 hours of interviewing her. Book Expert: I stuck my head out of the window of our house in the mansion building. Massoud Paki was at the door. He was dressed in a Basij (secret police) outfit, happy to ride on a motorbike. He waved to me as he saw me and said, “Hi, sister Sabah! Hurry up and come down; I came for you to take you to the other kids.” Under his feet was full of bright, small stars. They were so beautiful and bright that I could not look away. Happy and restless to see Massoud and what he had said, I immediately began to go down the stairs.

Fatemeh Doustkami (1982-Tehran) Graduate of English literature After years of collaborating with various magazines and journals on the subjects of reporting, the biography of martyrs and interviews, Fatemeh Doostkami published her first work titled For the Oceanic Eyes of Haj Ahmad. Editing the famous and best-selling book The Imam’s Little Soldier introduced her name to the literary community of Iran as a skillful memoirist.