Fighting for Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights: A Talk with Author Diana Nammi
By Tara Biglari
Diana Nammi has spent the past few decades fighting to protect Iranian and Kurdish women against so-called honor killings, forced marriage, child marriage and domestic abuse. In a recent talk in north...
Author Nazila Fathi, Ex-New York Times Reporter, Releases Children’s Book
By Nazanine Nouri
Nazila Fathi is an Iranian-American author and a former New York Times reporter in Tehran.
Fathi emigrated to Canada and later the U.S. after the 2009 Iranian elections, in which a wave of...
Portraying Iranian-American Diversity: Novelist Abdi Nazemian
By Fred Parvaneh
Abdi Nazemian is an Iranian-American novelist whose nuanced stories offer a realistic portrayal of the community he was born into – without stereotyping. He recently released his second novel, "The Authentics," a...
Sixteen-Year-Old Underachiever is Hero of Arvin Ahmadi’s Debut Novel
By Fred Parvaneh
“Down and Across,” published by Penguin Random House, is the debut novel by Iranian-American Arvin Ahmadi: a coming-of-age story of grit and self-discovery that follows Scott Ferdowsi, a high-school student with a...
Marjan Kamali Discusses HBO Adaptation of Her Book “The Stationery Shop”
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Iranian-American author Marjan Kamali, whose novel “The Stationery Shop” was published in 2019, is about to see it come to life as an HBO series.
The story of teenagers in Iran...
How Central Asia Has Had a “Raw Deal” for 200 Years
When people think of Central Asia, they usually associate the region much more with the former Soviet Union than with Asia or even the Middle East – and sometimes even less so with Islam....
Award-winning Author Khakpour Writes Memoir of Her Illness
Porochista Khakpour is an acclaimed Iranian-American author and academic whose memoir "Sick: A Memoir" – about her battle with Lyme Disease – is due to be published by HarperCollins in May 2018.
Khakpour's debut novel...
‘Black Wave’: Ex-BBC Journalist Kim Ghattas Analyzes Iran and Saudi Arabia in Book
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The Middle East is one of the hardest areas of the world for journalists to cover. It requires not only a grasp of current affairs, but also a deep familiarity with the...
Marjane Satrapi Releases ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Book With Fellow Illustrators
By Ahmad Rafat
Seventeen Iranian and non-Iranian illustrators including Marjane Satrapi have released a book titled “Woman, Life, Freedom.” The book, originally published in French, has been translated into English and other languages, with Satrapi...
War Correspondent and Novelist Peyman Pejman Discusses Journalism and Thriller Writing
As a fearless reporter and war correspondent, Peyman Pejman witnessed major milestones in the contemporary history of the Middle East: from the 1978-79 Iranian Revolution to the Israeli invasion of Beirut to the two...
