Sheema Kalbasi
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Sheema Kalbasi is an award winning poet, producer, critic, blogger, and human rights advocate.
and Lauro de Bosis. She has done voluntary teaching and tutoring of Baha'i refugee children as well as Iraqi Kurdish children, and disadvantaged Pakistani children in Pakistan. In 2009 she signed an open letter of apology posted to Iranian.com
along with 266 other Iranian academics, writers, artists, journalists about the Persecution of Bahá'ís
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Kalbasi has worked for the United Nations and the Center for non Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, and in Denmark. She currently resides in Washington, D.C.
with her husband and children.
Books
Biography
Kalbasi is the founder and president of Reel Content, a film production and publishing company. She is the director and the co-director of several literary projects including the Other Voices International project. She has published two books of poetry and two anthologies of poems. Her poems have been anthologized and translated into eighteen languages to date. Kalbasi's work is distinguished by her passionate defense of ethnic and religious minorities' rights. Her poetry have been compared to that of Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the...
and Lauro de Bosis. She has done voluntary teaching and tutoring of Baha'i refugee children as well as Iraqi Kurdish children, and disadvantaged Pakistani children in Pakistan. In 2009 she signed an open letter of apology posted to Iranian.com
Iranian.com
Iranian.com, also known as The Iranian and The Iranian Times, is an online English language magazine.Founded in July 1995 by entrepreneur/journalist Jahanshah Javid, Iranian.com has the largest online following among Iranians residing in North America, with about 68,000 visitors per month-Awards...
along with 266 other Iranian academics, writers, artists, journalists about the Persecution of Bahá'ís
Persecution of Bahá'ís
The persecution of Bahá'ís is the religious persecution of Bahá'ís in various countries, especially in Iran, where the Bahá'í Faith originated and the location of one of the largest Bahá'í populations in the world...
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Kalbasi has worked for the United Nations and the Center for non Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, and in Denmark. She currently resides in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
with her husband and children.
Awards
- Humanitarian work, Center for non-Afghan Refugees, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1990.
Books
- Echoes in Exile, Indie Excellence Winner.
- Echoes in Exile, Best Books Award Finalist, USA Book News.
Nominations
- Echoes in Exile, Collection, Annual Library of Virginia Literary Award, 2008.
- Echoes in Exile, Pushcart Prize, 2008.
- Seven Valleys of Love, The PEN Award for Poetry In Translation, 2008.
- Seven Valleys of Love, Anisfield-wolf Book Award, 2008.