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First published 2025

For the Sun After Long Nights

The Story of Iran's Women-Led Uprising

by Fatemeh Jamalpour and Nilo Tabrizy

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Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2026 Shortlist
National Book Award for Nonfiction 2025 Longlist

ISBN 9780593701447 · 9781805460923

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