Douma Prison Douma Prison is the story of 159 days captivity and resistance of 13 Iranian pilgrims of Zeinabieh, the Shia religious place in Damascus. Unspoken tortures and the tragic events together with the clear, and eloquent style of the writer has made the narration an attractive one for reading and revealing the truths about Syria terrorist groups exactly at the start of Syria crisis. Douma Prison as a documentary narrative about Syria is one of the bestsellers in Iran book market with 2 prints in the year.

Ezatollah Alvandi, 1974 Ezatollah Alvandi is one of the contemporary story writers and poets who is considered as the new generation of Iranian literary talents. Alvandi works are mostly for adolescents with subjects about humanity, lifestyle and Iran-Iraq war, though he has some documentary narrations for adults in this case too. “John Patiss”, a spy novel; “Hills without moonlight”, a biographical story of Martyred Chitsazian, and “Douma Prison” are among his best works for adults. Alvandi published his first book entitled “Firdausi” – Great Persian Poet- in 1997.