Inspired by the poet and filmmaker, Forough Farrokhzad (1934–1967), creative women in Iran and the diaspora reflect on art and the constraints of present-day Iran and dream for the future, edited by Shara Atashi, Sana Nassari and Marjorie Lotfi.
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WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund
Revisiting Forough Farrokhzad’s ironic depiction of the ‘Frontier of Gems’
Dr Laleh Atashi revisits Forough Farrokhzad's poem ‘O, You Frontier of Gems’ 60 years after her death.
Iranian women's voices (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/iranian-womens-voices/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
9 Sept 2025
No country for filmmakers
Anahit Behrooz reflects on the emotional cost and jeopardy faced by filmmakers in Iran.
Iranian women's voices (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/iranian-womens-voices/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
8 Sept 2025
Flesh
A poem by Sepideh Jodeyri writing from her present home in Washington D.C.
Iranian women's voices (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/iranian-womens-voices/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
7 Sept 2025
Poems of resistance
Forouz Zarei on the healing power of art.
Iranian women's voices (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/iranian-womens-voices/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
6 Sept 2025
A three-act dream
Razieh Khoshnood's prose poem in three acts about women confronting the old order in Iran, 60 years after Farrokhzad's death.
Iranian women's voices (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/iranian-womens-voices/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
5 Sept 2025
The return of the God of the 1980s
A dispatch by Atash Shahkarami from Tehran in July 2025, as events are shaped by the misguided decisions of a handful of reckless old men.
Iranian women's voices (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/iranian-womens-voices/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
4 Sept 2025
Song and Wind
The poet Marjorie Lotfi's poem sequence 'Song and Wind'.
Iranian women's voices (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/iranian-womens-voices/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
3 Sept 2025
Iranian women’s defiant art of resistance
Sana Nassari writes on the extraordinary acts of Iranian women who have pushed against the rigid boundaries of patriarchy.
Iranian women's voices (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/iranian-womens-voices/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
2 Sept 2025
My bejewelled land
Shara Atashi takes a poem by Forough Farrokhzad as a starting point for her reflections on women and Iranian identity.
Iranian women's voices (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/iranian-womens-voices/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
1 Sept 2025
Iranian women’s voices
Sana Nassari introduces 'Iranian women's voices' inspired by one of Iran's most celebrated poets, Forough Farrokhzad.
Iranian women's voices (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/iranian-womens-voices/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
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