# Tehran, Lipstick And Loopholes

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- Authors: [Nahal Tajadod](https://www.bookquiver.com/nahal-tajadod)
- Publisher: virago
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-07-4811-140-4
- Published: 2010-03-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

A wry and humorous account of the author's quest to get her Iranian passport renewed. She embarks on a bizarre and circuitous journey, meeting a colourful cast of characters along the way: two photographers who specialise in Islamic portraits, a forensic surgeon who trades in human organs, a madam who wants to send prostitutes to Dubai and a grandmother who offers a live chicken to an implacable official. Tehran, Lipstick and Loopholes is a fascinating look at the constraints and contradictions of contemporary life in Tehran from the author's unique standpoint of being both a native of Iran and a foreigner.