Events
Selected Essays
On the Iran-Israel Conflict, The Globe and Mail
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Ceasefire Brings Another Kind of War, Mercury News
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Solidarity is not Saviorism, LA Progressive
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The Path to Freedom in Iran is through Women and Minorities - Journal of Critical Race Inquiry
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Why Resistance is Foundational to Kurdish Literature- Literary Hub
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By burning their headscarves, Iranian women are restoring their voices - The Globe and Mail
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Unveiling through Voice - Heinrich Boll Foundation
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It’s a feminist evolution in Iran and crackdowns can’t stop it - Toronto Star
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Iran’s silencing of Elnaz Rekabi proves the protests are working - New Statesman
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For Iranians, Freedom is Interdependent, Intersectionality a Necessity - Evergreen Review
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Ongoing protests in Iran show a society demanding change. U.S. policy should adapt to meet it. - Monterey Weekly​
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On Terror and Glimpses of Defiance - Toronto Star
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Books Over Birthright. - Undomesticated Magazine
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Woman, Life, Freedom - Kweli Journal
Featured Events of 2025
Nov. 5, 12, 19 & Dec 5. CSU, Monterey Bay, OLLI, The Wit and Wisdom of Sufi Stories
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June 13, 21, 27. San Francisco State University, Iranian Cinema
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March 12,18, 26. Lecture series on Persian Mystic Poets
March 27-30. Speaker at AWP, Los Angeles, "Writing Across Political Divide" & reading at Chevalier's Books
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April 2. Speaker at Gentrain, Monterey Peninsula College
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Selected Speaking Engagements
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Panelist: "The Ethics of Writing Fiction Based on Fact" AWP
Speaker: MIIS.
University of California, Santa Barbara,
Southern Methodist University.
Simon Fraser University, Canada
University of California, Irvine
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Media & Lectures
Wall Street Journal
Roxane Gay, the Audacious Book Club
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NPR
The Young Turks
NPR
