Djinni Down the Road

vivian panah-izadi is a writer currently based in Paris. As the daughter of an Iranian immigrant, panah-izadi feels compelled to explore matters of freedom and womanhood. She has a master’s degree in history and literature from Columbia University; her MA thesis, on Forough Farrokzad’s poetry, is entitled Finding One’s Voice in Pre-revolutionary Iran as Part of the Jungian Process of Individuation. Also holding a degree in neuroscience, panah-izadi has worked in the field of biotechnology. She is in the process of publishing her first novel, Persian Girl, inspired by the life of her grandmother, a bold and emancipated woman in 1960s Iran.