Sepideh Darvishi

She is an Iranian researcher, writer, and political activist. She holds a PhD in Persian Language and Literature and is currently pursuing a second doctorate in History. Her academic and professional career has developed at the intersection of literature, history, culture, and the arts. She holds a master’s degree in Ancient Iranian Languages and Cultures and a bachelor’s degree in […]

Institutional Poverty and Protests in Iran: A Look at Anton Jäger’s Book Hyperpolitics

The book Hyperpolitics, written by Anton Jäger, a Belgian historian and political theorist, was published in English in 2023. In this work, Jäger examines the transformations of political culture around the world and the decline of traditional mass parties and mass organizations in the post–Cold War era. He seeks to answer a central question: why, despite the dramatic increase in […]

I Will Not Return

The novel I Will Not Return, published in Turkey by Mevlana Publications in February 2025, portrays the suffering and difficult lives of refugees in the country. I wrote the following on the back cover of my novel I Will Not Return: This book is the story of the diaspora, a story of dispersion and displacement. It is a sorrowful tale […]

The Living Gospel and Its Comparison with the Four Gospels

The book The Living Gospel and Its Comparison with the Four Gospels is the result of a textual and comparative study of Mani’s Living Gospel. The original text has not survived as a complete, unified work; instead, portions of it have been preserved across different linguistic and manuscript traditions. The book was first published in 2018 by Barasm Publishing and […]

The Review of Critiques on the Tadhkira Majma ‘al-khawas ofSadegh Beg

Sadegh Beg Afshar is one of the significant figures of the Afshar tribe and one of the men of the Shah Abbas Safavidera. During the reign of Shah Abbas the Great Sadegh Beg was appointed librarian of the court and was nicknamed“Sadeghi the Librarian.” Sadeghi is a poet, calligrapher, and painter of his time. The most important book he left […]