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Betty Mahmoody

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June 09, 1945 in Alpena, Michigan, The United States

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Betty Mahmoody (born June 9, 1945) is an American author and public speaker best known for her book, Not Without My Daughter, which was subsequently made into a film of the same name. She is the President and co-founder of One World: For Children, an organization that promotes understanding between cultures and strives to offer security and protection to children of bi-cultural marriages.

Her book, Not Without My Daughter, is an account of her experiences in 1984–86, when she left Alpena, Michigan to go to Iran with her husband and daughter for what she was promised would be a short visit. Once there, she and her daughter were held against their wills.
According to the book, she and her husband, Sayed Bozorg Mahmoody, and daughter, Mahtob, tr...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 5,229 ratings · 488 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Not Without My Daughter 3.94 avg rating — 4,985 ratings — published 1982 — 39 editions	My rating:
	For The Love Of A Child 3.43 avg rating — 180 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	In een sluier gevangen / Uit liefde voor mijn kind by Betty Mahmoody, Ronald Vlek (translator), Joke Veenboer (translator) 3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	In Een Sluier Gevangen by Betty Mahmoody, Ronald Vlek (Translator) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:
	දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවිය by Betty Mahmoody, අනුල ද සිල්වා (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	For barnets skyld 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992	My rating:
	Mai senza mia figlia by Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer (Goodreads Author), William Hoffer, Betty Mahmoody 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Vendidas/ Sold by Zana Muhsen, Sara Muhsen, Andrew Crofts 3.92 avg rating — 573 ratings — 15 editions	My rating:
	Au Nom De Tous Les Enfants by Miriam Ali, Betty Mahmoody 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:

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