Contributor

Salar Abdoh

Contributor

Salar Abdoh

Salar Abdoh’s most recent book is Tehran at Twilight. He lives in Tehran and in New York, where he teaches in the MFA in Creative Writing program at the City College of New York.

Articles by Salar Abdoh

For the Love of the Books

By Habibe Jafarian

I was determined; one day I’d marry a book.

Translated from Persian by Salar Abdoh

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How to Be a Woman in Tehran

By Habibe Jafarian

Any way you look at it, it’s this town that taught me to be ruthless.

Translated from Persian by Salar Abdoh

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Galileo

By Aliyeh Ataei

One wrong move and somebody was bound to shout, “Watch yourself! You’re in Iran now.

Translated from Persian by Salar Abdoh

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The Cleric and I

By Salar Abdoh

“Would I take a bullet for this man?”

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Hunger

By Salar Abdoh

You are in a liminal space, a no man’s land where you are visible and invisible.

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Iran as Cinema

By Salar Abdoh

Why are so many of us going back? More precisely, why are so many going back to make films?

Translated from Persian by Zara Houshmand

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Salar Abdoh

Salar Abdoh

Articles by Salar Abdoh

For the Love of the Books

How to Be a Woman in Tehran

Galileo

The Cleric and I

Hunger

Iran as Cinema