For the Sun After Long Nights

“For the Sun After Long Nights is the kind of fiercely intelligent and unapologetically intimate masterpiece our Iranian canon has long needed—narrative nonfiction storytelling at its finest! … If you want to fully grasp Iran today, start here.”—Porochista Khakpour, author of Tehrangeles and Brown Album: Essays on Exile & Identity“Jamalpour and Tabrizy have written an essential book about a people’s fight against a brutal regime led with unimaginable courage by the women of Iran. It is a beautiful achievement—a tale replete with stunning acts of bravery by Iranian women, young and old, and suffused with poetry that is exquisitely, defiantly told.”—Julian Borger, Senior International Correspondent at The Guardian“A powerful and moving chronicle of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising. Going far beyond news headlines, this extraordinary cross-continental collaboration bears witness to the many brave Iranian women who have fought for rights and the sisterhood that Gen Z will carry forth. It is a book that could be written only by two true lion women.”—Marjan Kamali, bestselling author of The Lion Women of Tehran and The Stationery Shop“A deeply insightful testament to the courage of protestors and journalists who stand firm in the face of oppression.”—Ali Velshi, host of Velshi and Chief Correspondent for MSNBC“With their exceptional reporting and storytelling, Tabrizy and Jamalpour narrate a story that will move both those very familiar with the courageous Iranian women and students of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement and inspire those who come to this book knowing very little.”—Alyssa Mastromonaco, former Obama White House Deputy Chief of Staff and New York Times bestselling author“We’ve been led to believe that Iran is a dour and unknowable land inhabited by religious fanatics. For the Sun After Long Nights shatters that farcical narrative once and for all. Anyone as intimate with Iran as Tabrizy and Jamalpour knows Iranian women to be the nation’s most vital, misunderstood—and feared—natural resource, and this remarkable book proves it.”—Jason Rezaian, Director of Press Freedom Initiatives at The Washington Post“For the Sun After Long Nights is unlike anything I’ve read. The alternating voices, unflinching eyes, and profound solidarity of Jamalpour and Tabrizy allow us to see the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in all its immediacy, power, and complexity. This is a searing, courageous, and ultimately beautiful book filled with the spirit of the movement that it covers.”—Ben Rhodes, author of The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House and After the Fall

NILO TABRIZY is an investigative reporter at The Washington Post. She works for the Visual Forensics team, where she covers Iran using open-source methods. Previously, she was a video journalist at The New York Times, covering Iran, race and policing, abortion access, and more. She is an Emmy nominee and the 2022 winner of the Front Page Award for Online Investigative Reporting. Nilo received her M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University and her B.A. in Political Science and French from the University of British Columbia.

FATEMEH JAMALPOUR is a feminist freelance journalist banned from working in Iran by the Ministry of Intelligence. She has contributed to The Sunday Times, The Paris Review, and the Los Angeles Times and previously worked with BBC World News in London and Shargh newspaper in Tehran. Fatemeh was a 2024–25 Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan.