The Tale of Two Nazanins - A Teenager on Death Row in Iran and the Canadian Who Vowed to Save Her

In 2006 Nazanin Afshin-Jam had just signed her first record deal, placed runner-up for Miss World, and was a sought-after fashion model. When she received an email about a Kurdish girl named Nazanin Fatehi who was facing execution for stabbing a man who tried to rape her she began a desperate campaign to save Fatehi.

About the author

NAZANIN AFSHIN-JAM is an international human rights and democracy activist, a public speaker and the co-founder and president of the Stop Child Executions organization. Born in Iran and raised in Vancouver, Afshin-Jam was appointed as a director on the board of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation by the Prime Minister’s Office in 2008. She lives in Vancouver, Ottawa and Paris. Visit her online at nazaninafshinjam.com.

Summary

In 2006 Nazanin Afshin-Jam had just signed her first record deal, placed runner-up for Miss World, and was a sought-after fashion model. When she received an email about a Kurdish girl named Nazanin Fatehi who was facing execution for stabbing a man who tried to rape her she began a desperate campaign to save Fatehi.

Product details

• Authors: Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Susan Mcclelland
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.01.2014
• EAN: 9780062306470
• ISBN: 978-0-06-230647-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs