Fatemeh Ekhtesari

Fatemeh Ekhtesari is an Iranian poet, writer, and freelance filmmaker with a master's degree in midwifery. She has published ten books, including poetry, short story, and novels in Farsi and Norwegian. Her recent book is a bilingual poetry collection “Hun er ikke kvinne,” published with Aschehoug. Her writing in Iran caused trouble with the government, and she was sentenced to 11.5 years in prison and 99 lashes. She has been living in Norway since 2017 .

Broken Borders

By Fatemeh Ekhtesari / Issue 34, Intimacy, Magazine / 11 minutes of reading

To be human is to communicate. One of the most beautiful forms of communication is to be intimate, often seen in the bond between family members; sometimes, it leads to sex, and sometimes it remains hidden in the deepest layers of a person’s existence, but it is something that gives life vitality. Various parameters affect

Struggling with Destruction

By Fatemeh Ekhtesari / Issue 21, Exile, Magazine / 7 minutes of reading

Whenever someone asks me about the “immigration experience”, I unconsciously get angry. The first thing I say is: I have not emigrated! I have fled my country. Some, like me, may have “fled” their country, but their purpose in leaving the country is similar to the purpose of an immigrant. They want to gain the