https://www.naghmehshirkhan.com/home daily 1.0 2024-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62acdc992f5ccd5bc3d0f07f/1d5dd162-ba68-4e57-bdc7-986682e621f4/Naghmeh-portrait.jpg Nagmeh Shirkhan I was born in Iran and came to America as a child. Displacement, loss, and summoning the will and passion to make it to the other side of despair are major themes in my films and fiction writing. My stories explore how political and cultural earthquakes affect the internal lives of individuals and their families, and delve into the mysterious ways we reconcile with loss while existing between two cultures, two mindsets, two worlds. I hope my upcoming novels will thrill and surprise, perhaps even change a few misconceptions along the way and give readers a greater understanding of the Persian Diaspora. - Naghmeh Shirkhan