Hi, I’m Sepideh.
I used to work in media and at Internet companies, and now I am in the process of going back to school to become a social worker.
I was born in Hamburg, raised in Los Angeles, and studied writing at the University of Southern California. I have written about books and food and technology; my writing has appeared in Bon Appétit and Wine & Spirits, among a few other places. I still write freelance and work on corporate projects.
In my free time, I run Pars Arts, an English-language site I founded in late 2006. Pars Arts is focused on the life and culture of hyphenated Iranians (i.e., Iranians who don’t live in Iran). We’ve published interviews with really cool writers and filmmakers, in addition to reporting about more obscure topics, like endangered Iranian cheetahs.
Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, and Japanese translations of Pars Arts posts have been featured by the activist blog Global Voices Online, and the popular Iranian news site RadioZamaneh.com has translated and published some of my writing into Persian. Pars Arts content has also been linked by Wired.com, Boing Boing, and Payvand. You can follow @parsarts on Twitter for daily Iranophile links and ephemera.
If you’d like to contact me, you can send a note to sepideh AT sepidehsaremi DOT com.
Sketch: Azarin Sadegh
