Persis M. Karim,Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami,Azadeh Farahmand,Solmaz Sharif,Zjaleh Hajibashi,Sanaz Nikaein,SaÃ¯deh Pakravan,Sassan Tabatabai,Reza Ashrah,Michael C. Walker,Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet,Arash Saedina,Mariam Salari,Nika Khanjani,Farnoosh Moshiri,Shadi Ziaei,Ramin M. Tabib,Jahanshah Javid,Tara Kai,Roxanne Varzi,Nasrin Rahimieh,Tara Fatemi,Nazanin Sioshansi,Siamak Namazi,Fereydoun Safizadeh,Laleh Khalili,Maryam Ovissi,Parinaz Eleish,Zara Houshmand,Reza Shirazi,Ali Zarrin
This collection is the first published anthology of writings by Iranian immigrants and first generation Iranian Americans. Wide ranging and deeply personal, these pieces explore the Iranian community's continuing struggle to understand what it means to be Iranian in America. The selections come together to present a rich, humanizing portrait of a growing community Americans tend to view negatively. Many are intimate reflections on the pain of being alienated from the language, history, and geography of one's childhood. Others grapple with the complexities of cultural and personal identity. Iranian Americans, like any other immigrant community, must face the ongoing negotiation between past and present, their native home and their adopted home. A World Between gives voice to their unique and moving stories.
Cultural,Iran,Poetry
A World Between: Poems, Short Stories, and Essays by Iranian-Americans