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A Call of Life in 2019
A Call of Life
“Don’t quit your day job yet,” they told me, but I did it anyway because I’m a rebel! In March 2016, I quit a comfortable job with the Open Society Foundations in New York to pursue my writing dreams. I loved working with OSF because, in addition to being in the field I studied and cared about—Political Science and Human Rights—this job had perks. Free lunch and at least once a year overseas travel. Generous benefits, sophisticated colleagues, and a fun environment. However, comfort was not what I was after. I wanted to challenge myself to live up to my potential. It has always been about making a difference, and I have realized I have a better chance at making a difference by writing and sharing my stories through my amphibious lens informed by growing up in the East and enriched by becoming who I am in the West.
What is Next?
I have challenged myself to write one short story a month in 2019! The past three years, I have been working on my novels— including a sociopolitical thriller trilogy—and was lately feeling anxious whether I was doing on the right path. Though I believe in myself, there’s no way to learn for sure if you will make it as a writer unless you put yourself out there. Hence this newsletter, you, and me!
As I am looking to find agents for my novels, I will be publishing these shorts for your reading pleasure and getting to know my voice. My writing journey does need your continued love and support, and for that I thank you!
Author Biography
Javed Rezayee is the author of short story Black Kitty of Kabul (Amazon 2018) and coauthor of The Forbidden Reel (Daylight 2014), a photobook about movie theaters in Afghanistan. Javed is currently working on his debut novel and a collection of short stories set in his birthplace Afghanistan and his new home America.
Javed is also a storyteller and a storytelling teacher. He has taught classes at Tufts University and at GrubStreet. He founded StorySlam! Boston in 2016, a social club featured by the Boston Globe.
Javed’s nonfiction work has appeared in the Open Society Foundations' Voices and in the New York Times.
Javed Rezayee has also translated for Afghanistan-based documentaries such as Frontline's "Opium Brides" and National Geographic's "Chain of Command."
In his past life, Javed worked for eight years with civil society and human rights organizations such as the Open Society Foundations and the United Nations’ refugee and disarmament programs.
Javed likes cooking. He makes Afghan dishes and loves to entertain guests.
“Don’t quit your day job yet,” they told me, but I did it anyway because I’m a rebel! In March 2016, I quit a comfortable job with the Open Society Foundations in New York to pursue my writing dreams. I loved working with OSF because, in addition to being in the field I studied and cared about—Political Science and Human Rights—this job had perks. Free lunch and at least once a year overseas travel. Generous benefits, sophisticated colleagues, and a fun environment. However, comfort was not what I was after. I wanted to challenge myself to live up to my potential. It has always been about making a difference, and I have realized I have a better chance at making a difference by writing and sharing my stories through my amphibious lens informed by growing up in the East and enriched by becoming who I am in the West.
What is Next?
I have challenged myself to write one short story a month in 2019! The past three years, I have been working on my novels— including a sociopolitical thriller trilogy—and was lately feeling anxious whether I was doing on the right path. Though I believe in myself, there’s no way to learn for sure if you will make it as a writer unless you put yourself out there. Hence this newsletter, you, and me!
As I am looking to find agents for my novels, I will be publishing these shorts for your reading pleasure and getting to know my voice. My writing journey does need your continued love and support, and for that I thank you!
Author Biography
Javed Rezayee is the author of short story Black Kitty of Kabul (Amazon 2018) and coauthor of The Forbidden Reel (Daylight 2014), a photobook about movie theaters in Afghanistan. Javed is currently working on his debut novel and a collection of short stories set in his birthplace Afghanistan and his new home America.
Javed is also a storyteller and a storytelling teacher. He has taught classes at Tufts University and at GrubStreet. He founded StorySlam! Boston in 2016, a social club featured by the Boston Globe.
Javed’s nonfiction work has appeared in the Open Society Foundations' Voices and in the New York Times.
Javed Rezayee has also translated for Afghanistan-based documentaries such as Frontline's "Opium Brides" and National Geographic's "Chain of Command."
In his past life, Javed worked for eight years with civil society and human rights organizations such as the Open Society Foundations and the United Nations’ refugee and disarmament programs.
Javed likes cooking. He makes Afghan dishes and loves to entertain guests.
