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Unveiled: Inside Iran’s #WomenLifeFreedom Revolt with author Jonathan Harounoff

November 10 @ 7:00 PM8:00 PM EST

In 2022, a twenty-two-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman was killed by Iran’s
morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab too loosely,
triggering nationwide outrage. Journalist Jonathan Harounoff, Israel’s
international spokesperson to the United Nations, demystifies the context
leading up to the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests, while paying tribute to the
people of Iran who have paid the ultimate price for freedom.

**In conversation with Professor Howard Lupovitch, Wayne State University**

**Free and in-Person at The J. Book signing following talk.**

**About the Author: **Jonathan Harounoff is an acclaimed British-Iranian
journalist now serving as Israel’s international spokesperson to the United
Nations. His writings and commentaries have appeared in several publications,
including The New York Post, The Los Angeles Times, Fox News, Newsweek, BBC,
Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, The Jewish Chronicle and The Forward. He
previously served as director of communications at a D.C. think tank focused
on US security interests in the Middle East. He graduated from the
Universities of Cambridge and Columbia with degrees in journalism, Arabic and
Persian, and is also an alumnus of Harvard University where he studied
international relations and diplomacy. He lives in New York City with his
wife, Stephanie.

**Bronze Book Sponsor: **ORT America, Michigan Region, JLearn, SAJE

Organized by: The Detroit Jewish Book Fair, SAJE, The J, JLearn

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Date:
November 10
Time:
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
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The Detroit Jewish Book Fair
Email
bookfair@jccdet.org