Political
Stories that examine power, ideology, authority, and the struggle between individuals and systems.
Hedayat pricks up his ears, as if he has heard a sound — someone is knocking at a door. The
Razmik unwound a lock of hair from a large roller. She tossed the roller into the basket beside the mirror.
The story opens with a mystical anecdote from Shams Tabrizi about a man who searches for treasure by shooting an
Seven people from different countries gather in a lounge of a writers’ residence, sitting around a table near a fireplace
I hang the wooden frame containing my grandmother’s lasting message on the wall above the kitchen counter. The air is
In September 2022, as Iran approached the month of Mihr, our lives were thrown into turmoil by two tempests. The