Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Freidoune Sahebjam was a French-Iranian journalist, war correspondent, and novelist who resided in Neuilly-sur-Seine in France. He gained international recognition for his novel La Femme Lapidée, in 1990, which was translated 4 years later as The Stoning of Soraya M.: A True Story. The book became the basis for screenplay of the 2008 film The Stoning of Soraya M., in which American actor James Caviezel portrays Sahebjam. Sahebjam was a well appreciated journalist on French LCI channel and in French newspapers such as Le Monde and Le Telegramme. Sahebjam was the first journalist to report on the crime...Read More