Iranian


The Blind Owl
The Complete Persepolis
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Persepolis, #2)
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
دایی‌جان ناپلئون
Martyr!
سمفونی مردگان
Embroideries (Pantheon Graphic Library)
Suvashun
The Stationery Shop
چشم‌هایش
ماهی سیاه کوچولو
مدیر مدرسه
Chicken with Plums
Binti by Nnedi OkoraforThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinMirrored in Evergreen by B. PigeonWorm in a Jar by B. Pigeon
QTPOC in Sci-Fi and Fantasy
103 books — 34 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiEqual of the Sun by Anita AmirrezvaniThe Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
Books Set in Iran
200 books — 55 voters

Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod SerajiThe Blind Owl by Sadegh HedayatTehran Moonlight by Azin SametipourCensoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar MandanipourSavushun by Simin Daneshvar
Iranian Fiction
45 books — 53 voters

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib KhorramHow It All Blew Up by Arvin AhmadiIf You Could Be Mine by Sara FarizanPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiRana Joon and the One and Only Now by Shideh Etaat
Iranian Rep in YA
38 books — 18 voters

Afsaneh Najmabadi
A unified Iran is constituted not only politically but also affectively. Liberty and constitutional rule bring "Affection among us." The affective sentiment- that of bonding among differing brothers-produces political bonds of national unity and was associatively linked with other desires. Perhaps foremost was the desire to care for and defend the mother, in particular her bodily integrity. The same words were commonly used to discuss territory and the female body. Laura Mulvey calls these words ...more
Afsaneh Najmabadi, Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity

Soroosh Shahrivar
He got to Tajrish Square. He had given instructions to Tara to be right next to the jigar forooshi, a liver and kidney store, a delicacy Iranians have been delighting in for centuries. The real Liver King resides in Iran. Not on TikTok. The authentic liver kings and queens have known about the health benefits of eating raw organs for thousands of years.
Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish

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