Afarin Majidi earned her BA from Barnard College and an MFA from New School University. She is the niece of Abdol-Madgid Madgidi, a prominent cabinet member during the Shah of Iran’s reign. Writing and Madness in a Time of Terror begins with her family’s narrow escape from execution during the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.... more
Afarin Majidi earned her BA from Barnard College and an MFA from New School University. She is the niece of Abdol-Madgid Madgidi, a prominent cabinet member during the Shah of Iran’s reign. Writing and Madness in a Time of Terror begins with her family’s narrow escape from execution during the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran. She's currently working on her novel, Ziba, also set in the Shah's Iran.
Afarin Majidi's Projects
Writing and Madness in a Time of Terror
Earning an MFA in writing at the New School, working at Rolling Stone magazine, and being courted by... more
