Date crumble, rosewater-scented halva, tres leches cake. In a new memoir by imprisoned Iranian activist Sepideh Gholian, each recipe is a story for a fellow prisoner abused by the government. Newly released in English, The World’s Durrie Bouscaren explores “The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club: Surviving Iran’s Notorious Prisons in 16 Recipes.”
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