Dare the Sea: A Review
Dare the Sea, the debut English short story collection by Iranian American novelist Ali Hosseini, was published by the Northwestern University Press in 2023. The […]
Articles by Mahboube Khalvati
Gholamhossein Sa’edi [1936 – 1985]
We Iranians who had among us Sa’edi, the physician-dramatist that taught us how to anatomize social maladies both on the stage and on the screen, […]
Labour, Literature and More
I simply could not ignore the Labour Day while writing the editorial of Parsagon’s May issue. So happy Labour Day to all! The irony of […]
On Mobility and More
After years of dreaming, months of contemplating and discussing and weeks of researching and writing, The Parsagon Review was launched in November 2013; a year […]
Hails to the e-Real
Browsing in the card catalogues of libraries always fascinated me for two reasons; firstly, the excitement of finding the book I eagerly wanted to read, […]
Dr Behzad Ghaderi’s Top Sevens
Born in 1953 in the South-Eastern city of Zahedan, Behzad Ghaderi should be regarded as the cavalier of Drama Studies in Iran. A peerless translator, […]
Mirza Fathali Akhundzadeh and Iranian Drama
Despite the Persian poetry, the Persian drama did not root in the ancient history of Iran. With a modern background, the history of the Persian […]
Mohsen Ghane Basiri’s Top 7s
Mohsen Ghane Basiri (b. 1949) is the editor-in-chief of Modiriat (Management) Monthly Journal. He is a prolific Iranian theorist and epistemologist. Ghane Basiri is the […]
Mohammad Taghi Kahnamouee (1919 – 1984)
Mohammad-Taghi Kahnamouee (1919-1984) was born in Tehran, Iran. Having played in more than one hundred movies as a graduate of Acting High School, Kahnamouee’s activity as a writer was overshadowed.
Ale Ebrahim Recommends
Mohammadreza Ale-Ebrahim, our February 2014 featured writer, was born in Estahban in 1951 and holds a double B.A. in Training Sciences (management and planning) and […]