Searching for Hassan

“Astonishing and deeply poignant!” —the Washington Post“This is a lovely book—part memoir, part family odyssey, but, most important, a wise and lyrical appreciation of one of the world’s great cultures. Terence Ward knows Iran and loves it in a way that transcends the politics of the moment” —Joe Klein, contributing editor, the New Yorker“Ward’s sympathetic and humane portrayals of everyday Iranians can help us transcend today’s policy papers and state department briefings in order to find commonalities” —USA TODAY“A wonderfully tactile, rich book… written from the right place (the heart), and with the right know of search in mind (the search for grace).” —Esquire“Discover the new, the enduring, and the comic in an enigmatic country swept by some of the most startling events in recent history. Readers prone to wanderlust beware.” —Neil MacFarquhad, Middle East Correspondent, the New York Times

Terence Ward is a Colorado-born writer, documentarist, and cross-cultural consultant who grew up in Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Egypt. After graduating from UC Berkeley, he worked for a decade with Middle East Industrial Relations Counselors (MEIRC) consulting with clients across the Gulf. The author of The Guardian of Mercy and The Wahhabi Code, he serves as international trustee for the World Conference of Religions for Peace (RfP). He is a member of the noted Middle Eastern Institute (ISMEO) in Rome and divides his time between Florence and New York.