fiction + non fiction

• An essay about the women’s revolution in Iran (I Am Iran’s Daughter, Harper’s Bazaar

• An essay about my #hijabnightmare, Oldster Magazine

• An essay about my search for a woman I admire, Oldster Magazine

• An essay about film prayer, Pipe Wrench Magazine

• An essay about the importance of Iranian grocery stores to me, Food & Wine

• An essay about what it means to be a New Yorker during the pandemic, Los Angeles Review of Books

• An essay about grief, Catapult

• An essay about going alone to a great party, Social Studies

• An essay about girlhood in Iran, Longreads

• An essay about love, Doré

• An essay about immigration and food, Longreads (and recorded for the Longreads podcast)

• An essay about attending an event at President Obama's White House, Medium (with a comment by President Obama)

• A Lifetime of Food, short story, Guernica Magazine

And...

The Fader, Flavorpill, The Bellingham Herald, The Seattle Times and other publications