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TRIUMPH OVER DISCRIMINATION: THE LIFE STORY OF FARHANG MEHR
by Lylah M. Alphonse
"Triumph Over Discrimination: The Life Story of Farhang Mehr" is a story of an exceptional Zarathushti. It deals with Dr. Mehr's early life and education, his experience in OPEC and in Iran's oil and insurance agencies, and his achievements in politics, including his experience as the first Zarathushti to serve as Deputy Prime Minister of Iran. It details his escape from Iran during the Islamic revolution of the late 1970s, his self-imposed exile in the United States, and his hopes and dreams for the future of Zoroastrianism and the Zarathushti community worldwide."Triumph Over Discrimination: The Life Story of Farhang Mehr" was sponsored as a legacy project by the World Zoroastrian Organization. Proceeds from sales of the book will be donated to charity. In the US, the book costs $13, plus $3 shipping and handling; please contact Lylah M. Alphonse at LMAlphonse@hotmail.com or 617-771-5463 to order. In India, orders may be placed with Dinshaw Tamboly in Mumbai for about 800 Rupees (shipping extra); please email him at beedee@vsnl.com. In Canada, the book may be purchased from Dr. Dolly Dastoor for $15 Canadian (shipping extra); please email her
at Dastoor@total.net. In Europe, the book is for sale through Rumi Sethna at the WZO for 10 pounds (shipping extra); please contact him at rumisehtna@tinyworld.co.uk.For more information about the book, or about Ms. Alphonse, please visit
www.lylahmalphonse.com, telephone Ms. Alphonse at 617-771-5463, or email her
at LMAlphonse@hotmail.com.
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Lylah M. Alphonse was born
and raised in Princeton, N.J.
She is an Assistant National
News Editor at The Boston
Globe newspaper in
Massachusetts, where she
also writes for the Globe's
Life at Home, Click, and
Calendar sections and the
Boston Globe Magazine.
She graduated cum laude
from the S.I. Newhouse School
of Public Communications
at Syracuse University, and
was recently inducted into the
school's alumni Hall of Fame.