Daughter Of Persia: A Woman'S Journey From Her Father'S Harem Through The Islamic Revolution Publ: Corgi BooksA woman's journey from her father's harem through the Islamic Revolution. Sattareh Farman Farmaian, the daughter of a once powerful and wealthy Iranian prince, was raised and educated in the 1920s and 1930s in a Persian harem compound, along with numerous mothers and more than 30 brothers and sisters. As a young woman, she broke with Muslim tradition and travelled to America, where she became the first Persian to study at the University of Southern