![]() The first sketch of Urma was etched on the paper during the summer of 1989 and yet lost in the vagaries of everyday life, as I jostled studies, career, marriage and later motherhood. Urma, my protagonist was born the moment I exited Iran – a country that was not my birthplace, and yet my home. I think the tenor of my life changed with the advent of the Iranian revolution, when as a ten year old I lost the exuberance of childhood and the warmth of my loved ones. ![]() Please welcome Deeba to Women’s Fiction Writers!Īmy xo Baby Steps – My Journey To Publicationįiction is to the grown man what play is to the child it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life – Robert Louis Stevenson You just never know what you’ll find when you click – y’know? ![]() I am so glad Deeba found me and sent that first email. URMA was published by in India, in English, and also translated into Urdu. ![]() I know this for many reasons - one of which is the fact that I’ve connected with Deeba Salim Irfan, an Indian author based in Dubai, who has written women’s fiction with the Iranian revolution as its backdrop. The world, via the internet, is an amazing place. ![]()
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