"Tara Kangarou has created a work of people-to-people diplomacy, using her words to paint pictures of a very different country than the harsh, angry land depicted in the news."?Anne-Marie Slaughter
"The Heartbeat of Iran gives us an illuminating and powerful portrait of a people who have been so often mischaracterized, and whose voices deserve to be heard."?Ben Rhodes, author, The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House
"Tara Kangarlou brings to life the Iranian people?a people much misunderstood (and even maligned) in the west?and allows them their own voice in showing us what makes them who they are."?Hooman Majd, author, The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
The Heartbeat of Iran takes us on a journey into everyday life in Iran, where we meet the diverse people who make up the country's delicate socio-cultural, political, and religious mosaic. Through intimate portraits of regular Iranians?including a blind Sunni environmental activist; Iran's first female race car driver; a paraplegic Olympian; and a young rabbi training the future generation of Jewish rabbis in Israel's enemy state?we meet a people whose dreams and fears mirror that of countless others worldwide, and who yearn to join an international community that often views them through the blur of a hostile political fog.
Tara Kangarlou is an award-winning journalist who has produced and reported for NBC, CNN, and Al Jazeera America as well as many digital news outlets. She was the recipient of the Ted Sorensen Award from Network 20/20 for her impact journalism and humanitarian work in conflict zones. She founded ART OF HOPE, the first American nonprofit with the sole mission of supporting the psycho-social and mental health needs of war-torn refugees. Tara was born and raised in Tehran, and currently lives in London.
"Tara Kangarou has created a work of people-to-people diplomacy, using her words to paint pictures of a very different country than the harsh, angry land depicted in the news."?Anne-Marie Slaughter
"The Heartbeat of Iran gives us an illuminating and powerful portrait of a people who have been so often mischaracterized, and whose voices deserve to be heard."?Ben Rhodes, author, The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House
"Tara Kangarlou brings to life the Iranian people?a people much misunderstood (and even maligned) in the west?and allows them their own voice in showing us what makes them who they are."?Hooman Majd, author, The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
The Heartbeat of Iran takes us on a journey into everyday life in Iran, where we meet the diverse people who make up the country's delicate socio-cultural, political, and religious mosaic. Through intimate portraits of regular Iranians?including a blind Sunni environmental activist; Iran's first female race car driver; a paraplegic Olympian; and a young rabbi training the future generation of Jewish rabbis in Israel's enemy state?we meet a people whose dreams and fears mirror that of countless others worldwide, and who yearn to join an international community that often views them through the blur of a hostile political fog.
Tara Kangarlou is an award-winning journalist who has produced and reported for NBC, CNN, and Al Jazeera America as well as many digital news outlets. She was the recipient of the Ted Sorensen Award from Network 20/20 for her impact journalism and humanitarian work in conflict zones. She founded ART OF HOPE, the first American nonprofit with the sole mission of supporting the psycho-social and mental health needs of war-torn refugees. Tara was born and raised in Tehran, and currently lives in London.
"Here are tender, lyrical, colorful stories of an Iran that Americans do not know and have no way of discovering directly. Tara Kangarlou has created a work of people-to-people diplomacy, using her words to paint pictures of a very different country than the harsh, angry land depicted in the news. If only Iranians could read a similar account of the Heartbeat of the United States!"―Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America
"With all of the talk about Iran, we hear far too little about the stories of the Iranian people themselves. The Heartbeat of Iran gives us the individual stories of Iranians - an illuminating and powerful portrait of a people who have been so often mischaracterized, and whose voices deserve to be heard."―Ben Rhodes, author of The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House
"In no other time in history has there been such need for building bridges and closing the divides. Tara Kangarlou's Heartbeat Of Iran takes us to a country that has long been isolated and enables us to see Iran through its heart and soul -- its people."―Margot Wallström, former Foreign Minister Of Sweden
"Tara Kangarlou's The Heartbeat Of Iran is an impressive, unique, and much needed addition to the compendium of literature on Iran. Using the personal stories of ordinary individuals, she brings to life the Iranian people--a people much misunderstood (and even maligned) in the west--and allows them their own voice in showing us what makes them who they are."―Hooman Majd, author of The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
In today's interconnected global village, Iran remains a mystery to much of the rest of the world--especially to those living in the United States and the west. While the country is often synonymous with rogue behavior on the world stage, there is also another, rarely seen side to this nation of 80 million, including being home to the greatest number of Jews in the Middle East outside of Israel, and having the largest transsexual population in the region, among other unexpected surprises.
The Heartbeat of Iran takes us on a journey into everyday life in Iran, where we meet the diverse people who make up the country's delicate socio-cultural, political, and religious mosaic. Through textured portraits of regular Iranians--from a blind Sunni environmental activist to the gay son of a general, from Iran's first female race car driver to a young rabbi who is training the future generation of Jewish rabbis in Israel's enemy state--The Heartbeat of Iran reveals a people whose dreams and fears mirror that of millions of others worldwide, and who yearn to join an international community that often views them through the blur of a hostile political fog.
