After two years in Iranian prison, Kylie Moore-Gilbert finds peace in solitude

Eight months on from the prisoner swap that secured her return, the Jewish academic is living a ’calm and settled’ life outside Melbourne

ONE SIDE-EFFECT of surviving two years in two of Iran’s most infamous prisons, much of it in solitary confinement, is that Kylie Moore-Gilbert is more than comfortable in her own company. The Melbourne academic, whose plight made global headlines, gives every impression of thriving in it.

“I’m doing pretty well, I’m just re-adjusting to being back in normality … [trauma] works differently for different people,” says Dr Moore-Gilbert, looking very Melbourne in her all-black outfit and cinched winter coat.

Dr Moore-Gilbert is spending her days writing a book about her experience, which she says is helping her close a psychological chapter.

“I came out and I thought, ‘When’s the PTSD going to kick in?’ These things take time to settle, so actually it would be unusual if I came out of prison and started having PTSD straight away.”

FULL STORY ‘I’m used to being alone’: Kylie Moore-Gilbert finds peace in solitude (SMH)

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Photo: Kylie Moore-Gilbert (Scott McNaughton)