Events
Selected Essays
On the Iran-Israel Conflict, The Globe and Mail
Ceasefire Brings Another Kind of War, Mercury News
Solidarity is not Saviorism, LA Progressive
The Path to Freedom in Iran is through Women and Minorities - Journal of Critical Race Inquiry
Why Resistance is Foundational to Kurdish Literature- Literary Hub
By burning their headscarves, Iranian women are restoring their voices - The Globe and Mail
Unveiling through Voice - Heinrich Boll Foundation
It’s a feminist evolution in Iran and crackdowns can’t stop it - Toronto Star
Iran’s silencing of Elnaz Rekabi proves the protests are working - New Statesman
For Iranians, Freedom is Interdependent, Intersectionality a Necessity - Evergreen Review
Ongoing protests in Iran show a society demanding change. U.S. policy should adapt to meet it. - Monterey Weekly
On Terror and Glimpses of Defiance - Toronto Star
Books Over Birthright. - Undomesticated Magazine
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
June 13, 21, 27. San Francisco State University, Iranian Cinema
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
April 2. Speaker at Gentrain, Monterey Peninsula College
Selected Speaking Engagements
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
Media & Lectures
Wall Street Journal
Roxane Gay, the Audacious Book Club
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NPR
The Young Turks
NPR
