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Mahtob Maryam Mahmoody (Persian: مهتاب محمودى; born September 4, 1979) is an American author who wrote the autobiographical memoir My Name is Mahtob, which depicts her perspective of her family's story when she and her mother, Betty Mahmoody, were held captive by her father, Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody, in his country of birth, Iran, for ...
- She Did Not Want to Write A Book About Her Experience
- 'Forgiveness Is A Tricky Thing'
- It Was More Than Religion That 'Took' Her Father Away from Her
- First The Escape from Iran, Next Surviving A Deadly Disease
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When it came to writing her own book, My Name is Mahtob, Ms Mahmoody said that she had resisted requests from people around her to write anything about the experience. In the end Ms Mahmoody said she wrote the book for only one reason, because her mother's editor Anja, who she called her 'guardian angel', had always hoped she would write down her v...
Mahtob Mahmoody said when they first escaped she hated her father. "I hated anything that I associated with him." Now she said she has forgiven her father for what he did to her and her mother. "Forgiveness is a tricky thing and I think it's a process. "I had these wonderful teachers who taught me the importance of forgiveness, and Mum teaching me ...
As for the reason for her father's sudden dramatic change and embrace of Islam, Ms Mahmoody said she remained unsure. She said she understands that his country and his home, Iran, was in the middle of a revolution and he would have wanted to return. And she can even understand that he wanted to pass his religious beliefs to her because he thought t...
When Ms Mahmoody was 13 she was diagnosed with the deadly disease Lupus. She said despite having already undergone such a traumatic experience in her life and then having this diagnosis handed to her, she did not ever think 'why me?'. "I think I learned at a young age that life can be difficult." None of her doctors thought that she would survive a...
Mahtob Mahmoody, the daughter of Betty Mahmoody, who wrote Not Without My Daughter, shares her own account of their escape from Iran. She talks about her father's kidnapping, her mother's courage, her book, her forgiveness and her illness.
Nov 29, 2015 · RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's been almost 25 years since a film called "Not Without My Daughter" captured the world's attention and thrust a Michigan mother and her child into the international...
Feb 10, 2016 · In the second part of Scott Pohl’s conversation with Mahtob Mahmoody, author of “My Name is Mahtob”, she describes forgiving her father for holding her and her mother captive in Iran when ...
Mar 20, 2016 · Mahtob Mahmoody, the daughter of Betty Mahmoody, wrote a book about her childhood in Iran and her harrowing escape with her mother in 1984. She shares her story, her heritage and her healing in this article.
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Dec 7, 2023 · Betty Mahmoody's book and film adaptation recount her and her daughter's ordeal in Iran, where they were trapped by Betty's husband, Moody. Learn the facts and fiction behind the story, the challenges they faced, and their eventual escape.
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Mar 1, 2017 · Mahtob Mahmoody, the subject of Not Without My Daughter, shares her own account of being held captive in Iran by her father and escaping with her mother. She also talks about her life after the ordeal, her faith, her culture and her health challenges.
