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Journey from the Land of No by Roya Hakakian
 UMBC’s
summer book reading program introduces new freshmen and transfer
students to academic life at UMBC and to the ways in which diverse
disciplines in the arts and sciences are interrelated. It also
gives new students the opportunity to connect with other first-year
students, faculty and staff.
This year’s book, Journey from the Land of No,
by Roya Hakakian “helps us understand what it was like
to experience such a revolution (the fall of the Shah of Iran
and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism) firsthand”
(Publisher’s Weekly). She recounts her past as a girl growing
up in the second largest Jewish community in the Middle East – Tehran – during
the takeover of the Ayatollah Khomeini. Hakakian paint pictures
of a changing Iran, from a land that was immersed in the poetry
of life and discovery to one that spoke of militaristic prayer
and repression, where Jewish people were once again subject to
anti-Semitism and where women were stripped of many of their
rights.
You will participate in discussion groups lead by faculty and
staff volunteers during Welcome Week. In those groups, you will
tackle contemporary issues the book addresses relationships between
individuals and groups with different cultural backgrounds and
traditions. You will have the opportunity to discuss and write
about Journey from the Land of No in English 100.
Journey from the Land of No is available in the UMBC
Bookstore (Commons, first floor) for 30% off list price.
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