About Marina Nemat Arrested at age sixteen in Ayatollah Khomeini’s Iran, Marina Nemat was imprisoned in Teheran’s notorious Evin prison for two years. She emigrated to Canada in 1991 and lives with her husband and two sons near Toronto. Books by Marina Nemat The Best Canadian Essays 2017 edited by Christopher Doda by (author) Marina Nemat After Tehran A Life Reclaimed by (author) Marina Nemat Prisoner of Tehran A Memoir by (author) Marina Nemat