Not Without My Daughter, based on Betty Mahmoody’s 1987 memoir and the 1991 film starring Sally Field, tells the harrowing story of an American woman trapped in Iran by her Iranian husband, who refuses to let her leave with their daughter. While promoted as a heroic escape narrative, the story has been widely criticized for its orientalist stereotypes and factual distortions.
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Edward Said’s concept of Orientalism is central to any critique of Not Without My Daughter. Iran is depicted as uniformly dangerous: bazaars are chaotic, men are violent, and women are silent victims. The film ignores Iran’s rich history, literature, and hospitality. For example, the character of Moody (based on Mahmoody’s real ex-husband, Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody) is portrayed as a monster, yet the memoir omits that Betty later lost a U.S. court case accusing him of kidnapping, as he had legal custody under Iranian law at the time. Not Without My Daughter , based on Betty