Mahtob Mahmoody in her west Michigan home. She'll talk about 'My Name is Mahtob" Thursday at the Schuler book store in the Meridian Mall. In “Not Without My Daughter,” Betty Mahmoody told the story of ...

It started as a two-week family holiday, became a two-year battle for freedom – and ended in a daring escape. The true story of six-year-old Mahtob Mahmoody’s desperate flight to safety from Iran was ...

Not Without My Daughter, Betty Mahmoody’s bestselling book from 1987, detailed domestic abuse within her Iranian-American family, focusing particularly on the kidnapping carried out by her husband and ...

DETROIT — Laid out for the visitor on an immaculate white tablecloth is a breakfast of abundant hospitality: bowls of walnuts, feta cheese, softened butter and small oven-warmed pitas. Such fare is ...

The daughter of Betty Mahmoody, who became famous when the story of her and her mother's escape from Iran was made into Hollywood film Not Without My Daughter, has released her own account of the ...

(WZZM) -- Her story was first told in her mother's Pulitzer Prize-nominated book, turned major motion picture, "Not Without My Daughter." Now, she's telling her own story, and we spoke with her ...

It's been almost 25 years since a film called "Not Without My Daughter" captured the world's attention and thrust a Michigan mother and her child into the international spotlight. The movie starred ...

DETROIT — Laid out for the visitor on an immaculate white tablecloth is a breakfast of abundant hospitality — bowls of walnuts, feta cheese, softened butter and small oven-warmed pitas. It's what ...

Mahtob Mahmoody and her mum Betty were duped into visiting her dad's homeland and their desperate flight to safety was turned into a Hollywood movie Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for ...

Laid out for the visitor on an immaculate white tablecloth is a breakfast of abundant hospitality — bowls of walnuts, feta cheese, softened butter and small oven-warmed pitas. It’s what Mahtob ...

Prisoner: Mahtob Mahmoody was kidnapped by her father Betty begged him to cancel the trip – the country was still in turmoil after the Islamic revolution and the US embassy hostage crisis, and was ...