Fleeing the Hijab: A Jewish Woman's Escape from Iran, by Sima Goel
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Fleeing the Hijab: A Jewish Woman's Escape from Iran, by Sima Goel
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A true account of Sima Goel, the Iranian teenager who crossed the most dangerous desert in the world rather than accept the restrictions of life in Iran of the early1980s. Her quest for freedom is a thrilling, timely inspiration for people longing to create a life of meaning.
Fleeing the Hijab: A Jewish Woman's Escape from Iran, by Sima Goel- Amazon Sales Rank: #341497 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-19
- Released on: 2015-03-19
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. If there is one memoir you plan to read in the coming year, let it be this one By Laura Fabiani I just turned the last page of this book and feel like I've just ended this extraordinary journey with Sima Goel, a Jewish woman who was raised in Iran, her beloved homeland until her escape at the age of seventeen. Yes, seventeen. After reading Fleeing the Hijab, I will never look at a refugee the same way again. My sense of compassion and understanding has been heightened. This is a powerful telling of one woman's journey to freedom.As Sima's government changed with the arrival of Ayatollah Khomeini, the Iranian way of life was slowly and painfully snuffed out until its citizens lost all rights and joy of life. Books and expression of thoughts about freedom were banned, women had to wear the hijab and not one hair could be seen or she risked having hot oil thrown in her face, the police arrested people for no apparent reason, shooting them down without trial or justice. Young women were raped before being shot and these acts of senseless cruelty happened daily.Sima loved freedom and from the age of thirteen protested with the university students and freedom fighters but this became more and more dangerous, especially after she was betrayed by a school friend. Finally, rather than stay in hiding she decided she needed to escape. She was smuggled into Pakistan after crossing the desert on foot with her sister. She then lived as a refugee in a hopeless situation until finally she managed to illegally get into Canada, where she was helped and given the chance to continue her education, to work and to start e new life.Sima's writing kept me glued to the pages. I cannot stress how well Sima succeeds in transmitting her story to us with vivid details so that the people, setting and heart-pounding situations came to life. I could smell her mother's cooking, see the bustling streets of Shiraz and Tehran, feel Sima's despair and pain as she hid from her enemies. For one third of the book, she describes her childhood and her way of life in Shiraz, living in a large home with a beautiful garden with a fountain and surrounded by roses and orange and fig trees. Her relatives lived in the same neighborhood and she writes lovingly about her relationship with her grandmother and her sisters. We get to see what Jewish life was like in Shiraz under the Shah government before it was taken over and life for all Iranians changed for the worse.Sima's writing is honest and raw at times as she holds nothing back about her feelings as she struggled with a repressive regime that stripped her of every right. What is most extraordinary is that this happened over thirty years ago and yet her story is written with utmost details. As a reader I felt like I was living it with her as she recounted it. This is quite a feat and I admire her courage in reliving it as she told it.Sima was a curious child and her love of education was nurtured by her mother who was a nurse and a free thinker. Her mother instilled in her daughters the view that women should be educated and could be independent without having to rely on a husband to be someone. Her mother's example and way of thinking propelled Sima and this along with her experience made her into the strong woman she is today.This is a touching story that made me smile and it made me cry. It made me undergo a slew of feelings as I read it. It inspired me and motivated me. If there is one memoir you plan to read in the coming year, let it be this one. It is one of the best books I have read this year.Note: I received a free copy in exchange of an honest review.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great story about hope By David Watson Fleeing The Hijab by Sima Goel is the emotional true story of two teenage girls who dreamed of something better. It was the early 1980’s and Sima at the age of thirteen was protesting The repressive government in Iran. Things would get worse in her country though as a new regime came into power and living conditions became even worse for Iranian women.Sima had seen family die, had to leave school, was being forced to wear a hijab and realized that she wouldn’t be able to live the life she wanted if she stayed in Iran. Rather than stay in the conditions she was in, she left the country she loved and trekked across the desert to Pakistan and hopefully freedom. The journey was not easy and once they escaped their predicament they became strangers in a strange land with no one to help them.This story is a lot of different things, it’s a coming of age story, a story of courage and a tale of what it takes for some to earn their freedom. I was drawn to this book because I wondered how two girls could survive a trip across the desert and travel to a land where you knew nobody and couldn’t speak the language. Of course their lives in Iran would have been worse which leads me to one of the things that I really liked about this book.Despite the repression that Sima felt in Iran she still talks lovingly about her homeland in this book. The way she describes her family, her home, the seasons in Iran and the fruit trees, you see that she still loves her country and feels no bitterness. Reading this made me feel bad for the Syrian refugees because like Sima they are being forced from their home. I also like the description of Iran in this book. I didn’t know a lot about that area of the world so I liked hearing Sima’s tales of growing up and her adventures as part of the three musketeers(read it and you will understand). I knew nothing about the people in Iran and hearing about Sima’s childhood made me think that she wasn’t that different from American kids in a lot of ways.Another scene I liked was when Sima as a child is playing in a park. She starts to play with another kid that she doesn’t know and the mother of the child comes over and asks Sima’s last name. When the mother hears the name Goel she is upset with Sima and takes her child away because the child is a Muslim and Sima is Jewish. Sima is an innocent child and is crushed, she rushes home and demands that her family change their name so she doesn’t have to be embarrassed again. I loved how two young children from different religions had no problem playing together but adults who are used to living a certain way can’t accept kids from a different religion being together.Fleeing The Hijab is about faith, family and love. Despite what looks like a hard life, Sima feels no anger and has gone on to make a better life for herself. This book is proof that someone can survive being repressed for being different and still go on to be a loving successful person and give other people hope. This book is a must read for anyone that has gone through a hard time and thought that things can’t get better.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Filled with Memories, History, and Intrigue By Sherrey Meyer FTC Disclosure: I received a copy of Fleeing the Hajib from the author via iRead Book Tours in exchange for a fair and honest review. Opinions expressed are mine.Fleeing the Hajib by Sima Goel is at once a memoir and a history book. While sharing her personal story, Goel details the historical events taking place in her homeland, Iran, during the reign of Ayatollah Khomeini. Interwoven through her life story and her country's history are Goel's love of family and the beautiful childhood she experienced before her childhood was cut short.Although written almost three decades after her flight from Iran, Goel's memory recall is detailed and specific. As life changes around her, I can sense her fear, anger, and determination rising like steam from a boiling pot. Her desire is not only escape for herself but also for her family and the people of Iran. In so doing, Goel took great risks but could not deny the liberation she wanted for all Iranians.I presumed having watched news during this same time period I would have little to learn from the historical facts and details. However, having an inside view from Goel's life showed me I should never presume such again. Who knew that a woman wearing the hijab and the chador (forced into rule by the Ayatollah) left women with only one hand free. The wearing of these garments required the women to hold them in place with one hand, severely limitation their ability to do anything requiring more than one hand.Goel's cast of characters is quite large, and I feared I would lose track of who did what and when. Yet, her writing is so definitive in every respect this was not a problem at all. In every scene change or new chapter, Goel does not leave her reader behind. Instead, she carries you through the desperate journey she took decades ago.If you are a history buff or reader of memoirs, I highly recommend Fleeing the Hijab. There is much to be learned from the inside of Sima Goel's story of her flight from Iran. Co-mingled with her life story and the story of Iran is a quasi-thriller, filled with suspense, mystery, and intrigue.
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