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Publications


I’m Fat. Here’s Why I’m Not Taking a Weight Loss Drug.

Washington Post

September 28, 2024


My Mother’s Dieting Affected Me, Too.

Washington Post

May 22, 2022


An Exec Wanted to Meet Me Because Of My Name. Everything changed when he saw me.


HuffPost

September 7, 2023


The Latest Version of Celebrity Thinness Isn’t Just Annoying, It’s Dangerous. I Should Know.

HuffPost

December 3, 2025


My Mother Judged My Body As a Girl. Years Later, We Finally Understand Each Other.

TODAY

May 1, 2023


What Does It Mean to Write and Publish a Viral Article?

Jane Friedman

July 15, 2025


I Felt at Home in America, Until an Angry Crowd Heckled Me.

Newsweek

January 18, 2023


I Fled Iran at 8-Years-Old, This is What Ukrainian Children Face.

Newsweek

May 5, 2022


Why a New Ed Sheeran Pop Song Means So Much to Someone Like Me.

US News & World Report

April 25, 2025


A Man Tried to Abduct Me, Too. So Why Did I Blame Eliza Fletcher for Running at 4 AM?

The Independent

September 16, 2022


Imperfect Women

New York Times

May 24, 2022


She Saw Me

New York Times

November 22, 2022


I Lived With a Self-Destructive Secret for 30 Years. Here’s What Happened When I Told.

HuffPost

June 13, 2022


The Beauty of ‘Past Lives’ is its Ability to Capture the Immigrant Experience

HuffPost

May 7, 2024


I Wasn’t Anxious About Back-to-School Because of My Kids. It Was the Other Moms.

Today

August 12, 2024


Memoir or Novel?

Brevity

November 6, 2023


The Oscars Showed Me How Free American Women Can Be.

Newsweek


March 12, 2023


Is the Image You See in the Mirror the Real You?

Oldster Magazine

April 10, 2026


Writing at the Intersection of Fear, Politics and Responsibility.

Jane Friedman

January 28, 2026


My Family Fled Iran. These Protests are Personal to Me.

USA Today

January 15, 2026


No Note, No Explanation

Arlington Magazine

May 17, 2021


Mommy, Is  There Something Wrong With Me?

TODAY

August 11, 2023


Belonging to America

Arlington Magazine

March 29, 2021


I Thought the Better I Made Christmas, the More American I Would Feel.

NBC News

December 4, 2022


The Power of This Iranian Protest Song at the Grammys, On My Family and Around the World.

Salon

February 4, 2023


I Was Born in Iran, and Misogyny Pushed Me Away From My culture. Now I Have Hope for Iranian Girls.

Salon

October 22, 2022

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