Lion Women

For this last episode of 2024 I had the great pleasure of sitting down with Marjan Kamali, the author of one of the best-selling novels of the year, "The Lion Women of Tehran." The novel, which spans three tumultuous and transformative decades of Iranian history, centers on the friendship between two women, Ellie and Homa, as they grow up, grow close, and then grow apart: "Together, the two young women come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futures. But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences." At the heart of this novel, and of our conversation, is an exploration of the special bond that exists between women - as friends, as mothers & daughters, as aunts & nieces, as grandmothers & grand-daughters - and the strength and power that these bonds can hold when women come together to resist inequality, patriarchy, oppression, and unjust regimes. 

To learn more about Marjan Kamali and her work please visit her website at https://marjankamali.com/