The Future Will Be in Our Image
Elhum Shakerifar on The Conference of the Birds and the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Iran
Iran – PEN Transmissions
High Probability, a Cowardly Phrase
Parham Ghalamdar on thresholds, drawings, and war.
Plum Stew
Mahtab Grimshaw on food, Iran, and T. S. Eliot
Banana Scrambled Pancakes with Whole Milk on the Side on 13 June
Sana – a pseudonym – writes from Iran.
Prison Poems
Mahvash Sabet on how she got her poems out of Evin Prison with the bravery of the women of Iran
Free Music
Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian writes on his time in Evin Prison, and music as a form of resistance in the Middle East.
Translating Ulysses for Iran
Iranian-Canadian novelist and translator Akram Pedramnia writes on translating James Joyce into Persian, evading the censors, and imperial co-option of resistance.
Nature bubbling out: a conversation with Mahvash Sabet
We spoke to poet Mahvash Sabet about her connection to nature, writing poetry while in prison, and why, after all, life is beautiful.
Why I write what I write?
Farnoosh Moshiri details the tragic betrayal of the revolution in Iran
PEN Atlas Q&A: Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, winner of the Jan Michalski Prize 2013
Following his recent award of the 2013 Jan Michalski Prize, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi answers questions from Tasja Dorkofikis for PEN Atlas, charting the works, influences and world-view of Iran’s most important living writer.
On Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, winner of the Jan Michalski Prize
Sahar Delijani charts the career of Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, winner of the 2013 Jan Michalski Prize, and how his work has forged the conscience of his nation. Sahar’s PEN Atlas piece precedes an exclusive Q&A with Mahmoud Dowlatabadi.
