Original title Nicht ohne meinen Mann Publisher Casimir Katz Pages 518 pp. Originally published 2006 Genre Memoir | Country Germany Publication date 2006 ISBN 978-3-938047-11-8 OCLC 85813370 | |
Not Without My Husband (German title: Nicht ohne meinen Mann) is a book written by Justine Harun-Mahdavi. The book is the memoir of Justine and her life as a German woman with her Persian (Iranian) husband, Masoud Harun-Mahdavi, in Iran before and after the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
Harun-Mahdavi first came to Iran in 1968 and lived with her husband and two children in for more than 11 years. Her husband Masoud had different political positions in different cities (mainly in Kerman and Mashhad where he was twice the Grand-Mayor. He also was Mayor of the capital city of Tehran. Due to his popularity among the people, he even was a member of the new government during the first months of the Islamic Republic, but he soon understood that the theocratic regime would not bring democracy and freedom to the Iran. They left Iran in September 1979.
Her husband is an active and well known member of the democratic Iranian opposition called "Jebhe Melli". She visited Iran with her daughter and son in 2000. Justine is now living in a town close to Munich, Germany. She supports the Iranian people, thanks to her experiences as a Christian German woman in Iran. She pleads for freedom and democracy in Iran and tolerance for all nations, religions and cultures the world.