Publications

Books

“A beautiful read and full of joyous insights” – Prof Dabashi, Columbia University, New York

“[Shiva Rahbaran’s] study of Mosley’s fiction is distinguished by the intelligence of her appreciation and the sympathy of her approach. It will be of great value to students and common readers alike.” – Allan Massie

“[The book] humanizes a conflict that consists, for the majority of us, of nothing more than a few choice sound bites and several minutes of TV footage.” – Zach Pontz

“Jayegah-e Sokhan, a collection of interviews between Shiva Rahbaran and authors and poets [living and working] in Iran, is filled with topics worth reflecting upon…” – Nimrooz

“Fascinating – Nicholas Mosley is the world’s most brilliant conversationalist and this book catches the flavour of that” – A. N. Wilson

Articles

An Interview with Jafar Panahi

Aug 29, 2012 | Article

In her interview with Jafar Panahi, Shiva Rahbaran explores the filmmaker’s image of himself as an engagé film-maker – an artist who has a moral and social commitment, yet distances himself from all ideological and political propaganda. In Panahi’s eyes, the cinema in...

Myth about Myths. An Interview with Amir Hassan Cheheltan

Nov 1, 2011 | Article

Amir Hassan Cheheltan, the celebrated Iranian novelist, speaks to Shiva Rahbaran about the tension between artists and intellectuals, the power of mysticism and the long-lasting effects of the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran.

The Lioness of Iran. An Interview with Simin Behbahani

Oct 1, 2011 | Article

Simin Behbahani, Iran’s most prominent poet and a two-time Nobel Prize nominee, speaks to Shiva Rahbaran about the greatest epic in history, Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, the nightmare of censorship and why Iran will eventually achieve democracy.

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