Nahal Tajadod, trans. from the French by Adriana Hunter. Virago (IPG, dist.), $13.95 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-1-84408-514-9 Faced with the necessity of renewing her Iranian passport—a daunting ...

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BOOK OF THE DAY: Tehran, Lipstick and LoopholesBy Nahal Tajadod Translated from French by Adriana Hunter Virago Press, £7.49 NAHAL TAJADOD'S Tehran, Lipstick and Loopholesis the story of the author's ...

Nahal Tajadod is an Iranian living in Paris, who makes occasional trips to Tehran to see friends and family. However, when she needed to renew her passport on a visit to Iran in 2005, she ran into a ...

The film began shooting on February 14 in the French capital Paris. It is based on a script jointly written by Jean-Claude Carrière and Nahal Tajadod, and is produced by Iranian producer Mehdi ...

It all started because the Iranian passport system was being computerised at the time of her application. The author begins to look for loopholes and shortcuts, and is offered help by local ...