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The Little Soldier of Imam

Written by: Fatemeh Doustkami
Illustrated by: -
Publisher: Payam-e Azadegan
Category: Literature
Year: 2018
687 Pages,
Dimension:14x21
ISBN:978-600-8220-28-2
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Book About:

"The Little Soldier of Imam" is the memoir of Mahdi Tahanian the years of captivity as the prisoner of war in Iraqi’s camps. Tahanian as the youngest captive of the Iran-Iraq war was in the center of attention of Ba’athists and came to the cover of international media especially in the story of his refusal to interview with Nassira Sharma – the unveiled Indian female reporter. The writer of the book, “Fatemeh Doustkami” narrates the experiences of Tahanian in this fictional documentary work with an interesting and intimate language so that the reader starts the story to the end. The incidents and issues around the story is so fascinating and well-formed that could attract the mind of the reader. The book is among bestsellers of the Holy Defense narrations published by Payam Azadegan Publication and is honored by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Excerpt of the book: Adnan’ the Ba’athist high ranked officer came near to me and asked: What’s your name and how old are you? The interpreter translated his question. I answered 13. He laughed and said: No! No! You are 6 or at its most 10 years old! How could Khomeini send you to the war?! I spoke in Arabic and replied: I am a volunteer!

Author About:

Fatemeh Doustkami, 1981- Fatemeh Doustkami is a professional literary editor and writer of documentary narratives and Holy Defense memoir books. She has edited more than 15 works since 2002 among them one could see some of the books of famous Iranian writers like Razieh Tojjar, Zeinab Erfanian and Majid Baghaee. She has published her own book: “The Wet Eyes” in 2011, which is the memoir of Behjat Afrooz. At the same time she began to interview with Mr. Tahanian about his situation in Iraqis camps and decided to write about the captive. After 163 interview sessions, she started to write the story of Tahanian, “The Little Soldier of Imam”. Publishing the later one brought her a national reputation and she came to the center of attention; the book was reprinted more than 15 times just in two years. Doustkami’s newly published book is “Ammar of Halab..

Publisher Name:Payam-e Azadegan

Address:No. 8, Niayee Alley, Ferdousi Sq., Tehran, Iran

Phone:+9821-88807015

Email:payameazadegan@gmail.com

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ManagingDirector:Bijan Kiani Shahvandi

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