Roya is a coming-of-age fiction novel about a young Iranian-American woman navigating loss, love, identity, purpose and renewal. Generational differences have distanced Roya from her more traditional parents. A recent heartbreak has left her feeling like an expat in her own body. Unwilling to face the responsibilities and decisions of her present reality, she finds […]

Growing up, my father would rise with the sun and play his tape of Iranian-Azari setar music while he drove my sister and me to school. As soon as the song would play, we would immediately giggle and beg him to change it to the radio. Now, as a young woman in my twenties, I […]