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Saïdeh Pakravan

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Tehran, Iran

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Fiction, History, Memoir

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Marcel Proust, William Faulkner, Lydia Davis, T.S. Eliot, Stendhal ...more

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Saïdeh Pakravan is Iranian-born, French-educated, and lives in the United States. She writes essays, fiction, and poetry in both French and English and has a blog, The Counter Argument that she regularly updates with posts on a wide range of subjects. She was editor for nine years of a cross-cultural quarterly in English for the Iranian-American community in the United States, Chanteh. Her work has appeared in several anthologies and in numerous U.S. and U.K publications. She is the author of a collection of short stories, The Arrest of Hoveyda: Stories of the Iranian Revolution, of the 2011 novel, Azadi, Protest in the Streets of Tehran and the just-published novel Truce. A film histo ...more

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Neda and Now Mahsa

We remember Neda Agha Soltan, assassinated by the goons of the abominable Islamic Republic of Iran, in June 2009. She was that young woman shot on the street while participating in a demonstration, one more, peacefully requesting more liberty from a regime that has repeatedly shown it not only despises the concept but considers it a crime. By the shock wave it sent through the world, Neda’s mu

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	Azadi, Protest in the Streets of Tehran 4.45 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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message 2: by John

Oct 26, 2015 08:55PM

Somehow I got referred to, and boy am I glad I did. You have written some interesting material. I am a retired pediatrician on Maui, and have been writing for kids for years, I had an agent when I was just starting but she died tragically before I even get started. Since helping kids was my life and I couldn't go it alone, I wrote story after story in two series, and tossed them in the closet. A writer friend told me I should self publish, since no agent or even publisher would take on a seventy-five year old author. I published SEAFOAM WAVEFOLLOWER two years ago, and I think a better one, DRAGON CENTRAL will be on Amazon within the month. Both are middle grade fantasy with b/w illustrations. One of the main characters is a young girl from ancient Sumeria, who caught up with her village in a time warp that dumped them on Deagon Central (juxtaposed with Earth in a parallel universe. Wish me luck. Aloha nui fro Maui.

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message 1: by Karen

Mar 10, 2013 03:30PM

Thanks Sadeh for friending
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