I am an Assisstant Professor of English Language and Literature, a translator, and researcher based in Tehran, Iran. My main areas of interest are wide and varied and include Postcolonialism, (Neo)Orientalism, Third World Feminism, Persian/Iranian Studies, American Studies,  Diaspora Studies, Subaltern Studies, Literary Criticism, Film Studies, Post-9/11 Literature, Middle Eastern Memoirs, Travel Studies, Critical Literacy, Critical Discourse Analysis, Persian/English Translation, and, indeed, Poetry!