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Azin Sametipour

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Tehran, Iran

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Fiction, Contemporary, Romance

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Azin Sametipour's debut novel, Tehran Moonlight, set in contemporary Iran, was awarded a starred review by Publishers Weekly and Best in the House by Authors in the House@ Grubstreet/Muse 2015 Boston. Azin was born and raised in Tehran, Iran and moved to the United States at the age of 18. She currently lives in Northern California.

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The Secret History

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Azin Sametipour made a comment on Behrooz Parhami’s review of Tehran Moonlight " Hello, Thank you so much for your review. I have since removed the Persian version from Instagram, but the Farsi audio version (read by Farinaz Farasat ...more "
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Azin Sametipour liked Behrooz Parhami's review of Tehran Moonlight: "This self-published debut novel tells the ever-fresh story of the immense power of love under brutally-harsh circumstances. Ashkan, a successful young architect born to an Iranian father in Boston, travels to Iran in search of his past. While in Tehr" Read more of this review »
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Azin Sametipour and 12 other people liked Ladan Tehrani's review of The Lion Women of Tehran: "Where do I begin?? Firstly, the writing is average, but it could have been shorter. This book is the story of 2 girls from very different backgrounds who become best friends, set in the 1960s and 1970s in Iran. Since this autumn is not old enough to ha" Read more of this review »
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Azin Sametipour made a comment on NiNooSH’s review of پنجره " منم همینطور. اولین کتاب غیر قانونی بود که تو مدرسه خوندم. 😁 یادمه زیر نیمکت مدرسه قایمش میکردم و همش میترسیدم ناظم مقصودی ببینه و پدرمو در بیاره. همشو ...more "
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Azin Sametipour and 48 other people liked NiNooSH's review of پنجره: "خوندن این تیپ کتاب ها و امتیاز خوب دادن به اون شاید برای کتاب خونای حرفه ای مثل یه شوخی باشه اما نمی شه منکر این شد که چه بسا خیلی از کرم کتابای حرفه ای با خوندن همین کتابا شروع کردن و حالا آثار ارزشمند می خونن . این کتاب رو سال های آغازین دوره ی نوج" Read more of this review »
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“On the misty window of her room, she let her finger trace a broken line. She was that line.”
― Azin Sametipour, Tehran Moonlight

tags: fiction, iran, moonlight, romance, tehran, women

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“It was a sin. Kissing a guy who wasn't betrothed to her was wrong in every way. Everyone knew that. It was haram. Forbidden. You would go to hell for that...”
― Azin Sametipour, Tehran Moonlight

tags: forbidden-love, kiss, kissing, love, love-hurts, sin

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“Like spilled water, once a girl's reputation is ruined, it will never come back”
― Azin Sametipour, Tehran Moonlight

tags: family-values, girl, life, love, reputation, water

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Azin’s Quotes

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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tags: forbidden-love, kiss, kissing, love, love-hurts, sin

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“Like spilled water, once a girl's reputation is ruined, it will never come back”
― Azin Sametipour, Tehran Moonlight

tags: family-values, girl, life, love, reputation, water

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“Mahtab looked out of the window at the moon clearing the rooftops, bathing everything around in its silver light. She sighed, envying Nasim's freedom. For just like Mahtab's namesake, as the moonlight was beholden to the sun, she was beholden to her family.”
― Azin Sametipour, Tehran Moonlight

tags: beholden, family, freedom, friednship, light, love, moon, moonlight, namesake, silver, sky, sun, tehran

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“She closed her eyes and forgot about everything. Forgot that this was a sin and that it was forbidden in her faith. All she coukd think of was that she was awake. Awakened by love. Awakened by Ethan.”
― Azin Sametipour, Awakened by Love

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