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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 ...
9 ago 2013 · Mahtob Mahmoody tells her story of escaping from Iran with her mother, who wrote the bestseller Not Without My Daughter, and of coping with the aftermath of the ordeal. She shares her struggles, triumphs, and forgiveness in this inspiring book.
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10 feb 2016 · Listen • 15:38. 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 ...
- 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 account of escaping Iran with her mother when she was six. She also talks about her relationship with her father, her book My Name is Mahtob, and her battle with Lupus.
4 set 1979 · A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Michigan State University, Mahtob Mahmoody works in the field of mental health and is an advocate for public awareness of health and welfare initiatives. She is represented by AEI Speakers Bureau and lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
CBN News. 1.87M subscribers. Subscribed. 2.6K. 341K views 8 years ago. The movie "Not Without My Daughter," starring actress Sally Fields, was told from the mother's perspective. Now, two decades...
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29 nov 2015 · 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 spotlight. The movie starred...
