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Afarin Majidi

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Afarin Majidi


Born
December 01, 1972

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Jean Rhys, JM Coetzee


Afarin Majidi is an Iranian-American writer. She holds a BA in English Literature from Barnard College and an MFA in Fiction Writing from New School University. Writing and Madness in a Time of Terror is her debut memoir. Her novel-in-progress, Ziba, is set in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.

Writing and Madness in a Time of Terror book jacket copy

Earning an MFA in writing at the New School, working at Rolling Stone magazine, and being courted by an editor at a prestigious publishing house—Afarin Majidi should be thrilled with the direction her life is taking as she turns thirty. Instead, she is spiraling into the depths of madness as she seeks love and acceptance in an Islamophobic society.

After colleagues at the magazine drug and rape
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Writing And Madness In A Time Of Terror: A Memoir By Afarin Majidi


It was October 2012 when the Homeland Security agent showed up on my porch with a team of policemen. The agent was gentle as he came closer, wearing a hesitant smile and holding out an official badge, but my heart immediately began racing.

I’d been smoking bong hits under a makeshift tent made of an umbrella I’d shrouded in a rainbow Read more of this blog post »
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Published on December 15, 2017 14:42 Tags: james-lasdun, metoo, rape, rolling-stone
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