Tom Lynch

Rebel rebel, your face is a mess. Not too long ago, wearing lipstick in Iran was a punishable crime--now it's an act of revolt. In Azadeh Moaveni's new memoir "Lipstick Jihad," the author, who grew up in San Jose, tells her coming-of-age story as an Iranian in America, with household making way for Madonna once she left for school. After college, she traveled to Iran as a journalist and the cultural change shocked her as she encountered a new group of young citizens boldly working for change, revolutionaries speaking against an unwanted regime. What was once impossible turned into nights of rebellion. Moaveni gives the reader a look inside the underbelly of Iran with complexity and careful dissection, all while comparing her two personal cultures, her east and her west.

Azadeh Moaveni reads from "Lipstick Jihad" on March 9 at Women and Children First Bookstore, 5233 North Clark, (773)769-9299, at 7pm. Free. (2005-03-01)

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