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Minister Without Portfolio: Memoir of a Reluctant Exile

Minister Without Portfolio: Memoir of a Reluctant Exile

Majd, Hooman

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralMusiciansIran History

Publisher Price: $35.00

ISBN13: 9798988670063
Publisher: ZE Books
Published: Sep 30 2025
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.32
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.80
Language: English

From the author of The Ayatollah Begs to Differ comes a globe-spanning memoir of identity, exile, and reinvention.

In many ways, Hooman Majd has led a charmed life: the son of a high-ranking diplomat in pre-Revolutionary Iran, he grew up in the upper echelons of Iranian society and in cosmopolitan diplomatic enclaves in San Francisco, London, and Washington, DC. As a young man, after Ayatollah Khomeini's Revolution in 1979, Majd sold real estate to fellow Iranian exiles in Beverly Hills, tried his hand at writing, and found his way into the orbit of Chris Blackwell, the impresario of Island Records and mastermind behind the careers of Bob Marley & the Wailers, U2, and other global superstars. After rising through the ranks--and sometimes, but not always, the charts--Majd went on to write three influential books about his homeland and served as a consultant and contributor to NBC News on Iran. Yet, for all this authority and access, Majd could never truly call any place home.

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