Interviews/Reviews

Publisher’s Weekly Review of Langston Hughes in Turkestan

Uncategorized by ZohraJanuary 19, 2016June 21, 2016

My first interview in a Magazine in Afghanistan

Literature by ZohraMay 11, 2014June 21, 2016

Asian American Literary Review: Mixed Race in a Box

Literature by ZohraDecember 17, 2013June 21, 2016

Photography by ZohraApril 1, 2013January 3, 2014

The Statues Are Laughing:

Leeza Ahmady, curator of Central Asian art and films and video artist, Mariam Ghani teamed up to bring these wonderful classic Afghan films and newsreel footage from Afghan films to the Guggenheim Museum. As the images and films percolate for a longer article, I’m right now enamored by the visuals from this film: Feature: Mujasemaha […]

Literature by ZohraDecember 3, 2012December 3, 2012

Highlights of Fall 2012: Panel on Afghanistan and Afghan Diaspora with Tamim Ansary at Book Court

One of the highlights of this season has been to share a panel with one of my literary heroes, Mir Tamim Ansary. One of the foremost intellectuals and writers in the field of Afghanistan, it was an honor to be invited by him to be at this event. About The Event: Join Tamim Ansary, Sahar Muradi, […]

Literature by ZohraMarch 31, 2011August 22, 2011

Cross Cultural Poetics Interview

And one more lovely interview about One Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature. Thank you Leonard Schwartz who asked such great questions. Cross Cultural Poetics (Seattle, WA)

Literature by ZohraMarch 7, 2011August 22, 2011

Upset Press in the News

Upsetting Brooklyn by Eleanor J. Bader When Zohra Saed was a child, her father frequently spoke about two things: Islam and Afghanistan, her family’s country of origin. She found his stories riveting. In fact, she loved them so much that she started writing stories and poems of her own. “I’d go to the elementary school […]