Da Released in English
20 April 2014
Mazda Publishers website has announced the recent release of the English version of Da in California, USA, under the title of "One Woman's War (Da)".
The autobiography is narrated by Zahra Hoseyni and is rendered into English by Paul Sprachman.
According to the introduction of the book at Mazdapublishers.com, "One Woman's War" is many things. Part autobiography, part oral history of the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88).
It is the story of Zahra Hoseyni, a female descendant of the Prophet Mohammad (thereby termed a seyyedeh), whose Kurdish family found refuge in Iran after being expelled from their native Iraq.
There are three parts to the book. The first speaks of the author’s early life—her childhood in Iraq, her family’s emigration to Iran, and their struggles adapting to life in Khorramshahr, a port city on the Persian Gulf.
The second and largest part deals with Zahra Hoseyni’s experiences during the first three weeks of the Iran-Iraq War (September 22–October 13, 1980), including her activities as a collector of body parts and washer of corpses, her role as a nurse to wounded civilians and soldiers, and her activities as a combatant in the defense of Khorramshahr.
The final part of the book is devoted to Zahra Hoseyni’s recovery from shrapnel wounds received on the battlefield and to her married life, spent in two homes: one in a suburban area of southwestern Iran within commuting distance of the front and the second in an urban apartment house in central Tehran.
The translation of the book took more than five years by the American translator, who was supposed to attend the upcoming edition of the Tehran International Book Fair but will arrive here during September.
Zahra Hoseyni's narrations are collected in the book by Azam Hoseyni, a close relative of Zahra.
The book has so far undergone over 150 print-runs in Iran and is published by Soureh Mehr Publications. Da is the most reprinted book in the history of Iran after the holy Quran and certain other religious books.
For more details about the English version of the book and its writer visit http://www.mazdapublishers.com/book/one-womans-war.
Translated by Abbas Hajihashemi
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