Marina Nemat Appearing at Indigo
At 16 years of age, Marina Nemat was arrested in Tehran by officials of Khomeini’s regime and taken to Evin Prison. She spent two years there before being saved from execution by a prison guard she would later be forced to marry. Her book “Prisoner of Tehran,” published more than 20 years later in Canada, is a story of survival spanning the years in which she made efforts to help other young women survive prison, lived in a forced marriage, and was eventually able to escape the country.
For those in the Toronto area, Nemat will appear at Indigo Books and Music in the Manulife Centre on Wednesday, July 4 at 7:00 pm to discuss the book with Indigo CEO Heather Reisman.