by inannaadmin | Oct 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
On September16, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman, was killed in the custody of the morality police because of “improper hijab.” Sparked by her tragic death, a series of peaceful protests all around the country has been brutally cracked down...
by inannaadmin | May 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
My childhood was a small planet enveloped by the atmosphere of my grandmother’s stories. All I possessed on my planet was small-scale: home, school, a long narrow street, a couple of alleys, a few people. But what I could have, immeasurably, was made...
by inannaadmin | Mar 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
I recall a few lines of a narrative poem by Nima Yushij, one of my favorite poets. The character of the story, a poor fisherman coming upon a mermaid one stormy night, says to himself: I must follow my own path/no one will take care of me/amidst the turmoil of...
by inannaadmin | Jan 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Photo credit: Hoda Ghods Prologue After I saw an article, Seven Hours in Tehran, published in American Libraries in early April each re-reading of it saddened me more than before. The author, Leonard Kniffel, reports how his invitation to the...
