TY - BOOK N2 - An Iranian-American journalist, who grew up as a California girl living in two worlds, returns to Tehran and discovers not only the oppressive and decadent life of her Iranian counterparts who have grown up since the revolution, but the pain of searching for identity between two cultures, and for a homeland that may not exist. The landscape of her Tehran--ski slopes, fashion shows, malls and cafes--is populated by a cast of young people whose exuberance and despair brings the modern reality of Iran to vivid life. AB - An Iranian-American journalist, who grew up as a California girl living in two worlds, returns to Tehran and discovers not only the oppressive and decadent life of her Iranian counterparts who have grown up since the revolution, but the pain of searching for identity between two cultures, and for a homeland that may not exist. The landscape of her Tehran--ski slopes, fashion shows, malls and cafes--is populated by a cast of young people whose exuberance and despair brings the modern reality of Iran to vivid life. T1 - Lipstick Jihad :a memoir of growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran / DA - c2005. CY - New York : AU - Moaveni, Azadeh, ET - 1st ed. CN - E184.I5 CN - E184.I5 PB - Public Affairs, PP - New York : PY - c2005. ID - 290909 KW - Iranian American women KW - Iranian Americans SN - 1586481932 TI - Lipstick Jihad :a memoir of growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran / ER -