Betty Mahmoody

| birth_place = Alma, Michigan, U.S. | occupation = Author, public speaker | known = Author of ''Not Without My Daughter'' | children = Mahtob, Joseph and John }} 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. Provided by Wikipedia