![]() ![]() ![]() She had made the nearly fatal mistake of trusting the man she loved who swore on the Koran before the family left the U.S. Sally Field did an exceptional job of portraying Betty Mahmoody, the wife of an Iranian born American doctor who after agreeing to come to Iran to visit relatives finds herself trapped there with her seven-year-old daughter. What's wrong with Islam? After reading the abovereferenced books and seeing this film it seems rather simple: just marry an Islamic man (even if you yourself are American born) and find out-you will disappear as a human being! As Geraldine Brooks wrote in NINE PARTS OF DESIRE the enforced wearing of the hijab signifies an acceptance of a legal code that values "a future domestic life in which her husband could beat her if she disobeyed him, make her share his attentions with three more wives, divorce her at whim and get absolute custody of her children." The film has been referenced in the 1995 book by Geraldine Brooks: Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women This book I had read after reading The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith. I had seen this film on television years ago before I decided to purchase a copy of it. Based on the book by Betty Mahmoody and William Hoffer, Not Without My Daughter is the extraordinary tale of the bond between mother and child, directed by Brian Gilbert (Wilde) from a screenplay by Pat Riddle, co-starring Roshan Seth (Gandhi), Georges Corraface (Impromptu) and Ed Grady (Chattahoochee)." Betty must find a way to return with her daughter to the U.S. Once in Iran, Sayed announces that he, Betty and Mahtob will remain there permanently. Though fearful of travel to Iran due to the Iranian Hostage Crisis, Betty relents. Sayed announces that they ll travel to Iran to see his family who will be meeting his wife and child for the first time. By all outward appearances well-to-do Iranian-American physician Sayed Bozorg Moody Mahmoody (Alfred Molina, Prick Up Your Ears), his wife Betty (Sally Field, Norma Rae) and daughter Mahtob (Sheila Rosenthal) seem to be living the American dream. "Not Without My Daughter, starring Sally Field (Norma Rae) and Alfred Molina (Prick Up Your Ears), is the dramatic true-life tale of a mother and daughter trapped halfway around the world and their struggle to return to their home. ![]()
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