Shahireh Sharif — **********

Shahireh was born in Iran. She has a PhD in Pharmacy from the University of Manchester. After teaching at the University for three years she turned to writing. ‘Bazgasht’, her first novel, was published in Iran in 2011. In 2015 Commonword published it as an e-book. Commonword also published two of her flash fiction pieces in the Elevator Fiction anthology in 2016 and one of her monologues in the Sounds that Exceed 80 Decibels anthology in 2017. Her first play N+either was performed in Manchester in 2015. She also co-wrote Standing in My Own Truth, performed in Manchester and Bristol in 2016. Shahireh has performed her first one-woman show in Iran in 2017 and in Manchester in March 2018. She uses photography and filmmaking in her process of storytelling, exploring Persian cultural heritage and contemporary issues of women’s rights.

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