| birth_place = Alma, Michigan, U.S.
| occupation = Author, public speaker
| known = Author of ''Not Without My Daughter''
| spouse =
| children = Mahtob, Joseph and John
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Betty Mahmoody (née Lover; born June 9, 1945) is an American author and public speaker best known for her book, ''Not Without My Daughter'', which was subsequently made into a film of the same name. She is the President and co-founder of ''One World: For Children'', an organization that promotes understanding between cultures and strives to offer security and protection to children of bi-cultural marriages.
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