Thursday, December 11, 2008

The other side of the movie: Without My Daughter

The other side of the movie: Without My Daughter

The the real Mahmoody behind the backwards like and violent Mahmoody character in the 90s movie Not Without My Daughter. He is still in search of his beloved daughter, Mahtob Mahmoody. Sayed Mahmoody (70) a medical doctor trained in the UK and the USA. He lived and worked in America for more than twenty years where he established a successful practice as an anaesthetist and consultant in Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy (OMT). Sayed returned to Iran with his wife, Betty and daughter, Mahtob with the aim of using his medical knowledge to help treat the victims of the Iran-Iraq war. Days after his green-card expired, Betty left Terhan without warning, taking Mahtob with her on a Swissair Flight to the US. She then divorced Sayed in a US court where he had no voice, so gaining control of all the familys assets, including substantial properties and savings. The court case and subsequent publication of his wifes book, Not Without My Daughter, made him persona non grata in the USA. Sayed has never remarried and continues to work full-time as an OMT practitioner, anaesthetist and university lecturer in Tehran. 
The other side of the movie: Without My Daughter

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