Mohammad Hajinia is a master’s graduate in philosophy from University of Tehran and Aix-Marseille University. Relying on the conceptual framework provided by Althusser’s interpretation of Marxism, his research focuses on the foundations of ‘epistemology’, theoretical practice, and class analysis within Marxism.

Amin Haddadi (born September 1992) is a poet, translator, and literary critic based in Tehran. His published works include “Open Wounds and Tehran Spleen” (2021, Afraz Publishing); “Lathe Working the Metal of the Future: Four Fragments and an Anthology of Portraits by Majid…

Ardavan Guity earned a PhD in linguistics at Gallaudet University. He serves at Ohlone College in Northern California as the Director of Deaf Studies.

Mohammad Ghassemzadeh (b. 1955, Nahavand, Iran) is an acclaimed Iranian fiction writer, researcher, and compiler whose prolific body of work spans thousands of pages. Known for his literary versatility, historical insight, and commitment to cultural heritage, Ghassemzadeh has made a significant impact on…

Mahdi Ganjavi, PhD (University of Toronto), is a literary translator and distinguished historian of education, print, and literature in the Middle East. A former postdoctoral fellow at the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University, he currently teaches at the Faculty…

Ali Foumani is a poet, writer, and theater director. His poems and short stories were published in Iranian literary magazines during the 1990s and 2000s, and his first poetry collection was released in 2013 by Nogaam Publishing in London. Several of his…

Ali Fatolahi, a poet, writer, and translator, was born in Khorramabad in 1977. He began writing in high school and pursued his higher education with an undergraduate degree in computer engineering from the University of Isfahan, ultimately earning a doctorate in computer…

Amin Fatemi is a teacher, translator, and Irish literature scholar. He studied at Trinity College Dublin and is currently finishing his PhD on the early work of Samuel Beckett and phenomenology at the University of Reading. He is the general editor of…

Reza Farokhfal began his literary career by publishing short stories in Jung-e Esfahan (edited by the late Hooshang Golshiri and his friends) in the late 1960s. Since then, he has published numerous stories and essays in Iranian literary journals and periodicals. His recently published…

Aria Fani is an assistant professor of Persian and Iranian studies at the University of Washington, where he co-convenes the Translation Studies Hub. His first book, Reading across Borders: Afghans, Iranians, and Literary Nationalism (University of Texas Press, 2024), was translated into…

Akbar Fallahzadeh earned his bachelor’s degree in Dramatic Literature from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Tehran and received his PhD in Modern German Literature and Media Studies from the University of Marburg, Germany. His first book was a translation of the…

Keyan Emami, a Juno-nominated composer, is celebrated for his contemporary works inspired by Persian literature and various musical forms. Renowned for his orchestral, vocal, and piano compositions, his music has garnered international recognition, acclaimed as “eloquent and poignant” and “dark and moving.”…

Sanaz Eghtesadinia is an Iranian writer and critic, born in Tir 1360 (July 1981). After graduating in journalism from Allameh Tabataba’i University, she began her professional career in 1999 with Gozaresh-e Film magazine and soon became one of the active figures in Iran’s cultural…

Hadi Ebrahimi Rudbarki, born in 1954 in Rasht, is a poet, writer, and editor-in-chief of Shahrgon Online, a journal dedicated to the Iranian cultural diaspora in Vancouver, Canada. Ebrahimi’s literary and artistic activities began with the publication of the periodical Forough in Lahijan in…

Hushang Dowlatabadi is a retired physician and active author with an enduring interest in human and animal behaviour.  This is his seventh novel, all in Persian.  He has also translated Conrad Lorenz’s “On Aggression” into Farsi.  He lives and works in Tehran, Iran.

Hadi Dowlatabadi is a retired physicist who focuses on uncertainties in science and labile social norms.  He employs this perspective in trying to improve policies in environmental protection and public health.  He lives and works in Vancouver, Canada.

Shahin Borhanzehi is a writer, anthropologist, interpreter, and model based in the United Kingdom. She was born in September 1968 (Shahrivar 1347 in the Iranian calendar) in Iranian Balochestan. She holds a PhD in Anthropology and has studied intercultural and international communications. Alongside…

Amir Hossein Bakhtiari, born in 1976, holds a Master’s degree in Architecture and is a fiction writer based in Toronto. His interest in writing began during his teenage years, nurtured by the encouragement of literature teachers. Before immigrating, he participated in literary…

narrated by Mehr Khansalar Behrooz Badakhshan was born in the spring of 1964, and before he could entrust his manuscripts to publication, he passed away in the spring of 2021. Contrary to the complexity of his creative mind, the story of his…

Abbas Amanat is a distinguished historian of Iran and the broader Persianate world, recognized for his decades-long academic contributions as William Graham Sumner Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University. A graduate of Alborz High School and Tehran University, Amanat received his PhD…

Shahriar Alvandi (born 1974 in Tuyserkan, Iran) is an Iranian writer, poet, and journalist, and a graduate of Dramatic Literature from the University of Art in Tehran. His writing draws on lived memory, childhood experience, and the emotional geography of place, offering…

Reza Allamehzadeh (born 1943) is an Iranian filmmaker, writer, and journalist whose career spans more than six decades across cinema, literature, and cultural activism. A former member of the Iranian Film Artists’ Syndicate and the Progressive Filmmakers Association, he played an active role…

Mansour Alimoradi is a Persian-language poet from Roudbar. Alimoradi undertook an ethnological effort to record and translate the oral tradition of Roudbar into Persian. This effort is part of his wider contributions to the study of Roudbar’s poetry, folk culture, and costumes.

Javad Alavi served as the editor of the Short Story series in Tehran from 1999 to 2006. This occasional publication featured short stories, introduced young writers, and included articles on literary research, analyzing the structural aspects of storytelling and narrative literature in…