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*Content warning: This episode contains brief mentions of self-harm and suicide, so please consider this before listening, particularly if you might find this triggering. In Australia, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 to access 24-hour crisis support.Our guest today is Sanaz Fotouhi and she’s an author, academic and filmmaker, whose book-writing journey began back in her 20s with a life-changing trip to Afghanistan.What she saw on that trip would stay with her forever and it set her on a path to show the world what was happening for women and children in that country.More than a decade on, Sanaz has co-produced two award-winning documentary films, juggling a PhD in English Literature along the way… and behind the scenes, she was toiling away on a manuscript.She nearly gave up many times over the years but after a rollercoaster of rewrites and rejections, her manuscript won the 2019 Peter Blazey Fellowship, and her book ‘Love Marriage in Kabul: A Memoir’ has now been published and is gracing the shelves of bookstores around the country.In this episode, Sanaz talks about her book-writing journey, the different facets of her career, her adventurous travels to Kabul and her latest project with Australian charity Mahboba’s Promise to support and empower women and girls in Afghanistan.LINKS‘Love Marriage in Kabul: A Memoir’ is published by Gazebo Books: https://gazebobooks.com.au/Buy the book: https://www.booktopia.com.au/love-marriage-in-kabul-sanaz-fotouhi/book/9780648901105.htmlFind out more about Sanaz Fotouhi: https://sanazfotouhi.com/Follow Sanaz Fotouhi on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SanazWrites Find out more about Mahboba’s Promise: https://mahbobaspromise.org/CREDITSHost and producer: Jacqui OoiJoin us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatshedidnextpodcast/Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatshedidnextpodcastVisit our website: https://whatshedidnext.com.au/ What She Did Next is proud to be a part of the Women's Agenda Podcast Network. Visit https://womensagenda.com.au/What She Did Next acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the Land on which this podcast is recorded and produced, the Cammeraygal people of the Eora nation and the Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal nation. We pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*Content warning: This episode contains brief mentions of self-harm and suicide, so please consider this before listening, particularly if you might find this triggering. In Australia, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 to access 24-hour crisis support.Our guest today is Sanaz Fotouhi and she’s an author, academic and filmmaker, whose book-writing journey began back in her 20s with a life-changing trip to Afghanistan.What she saw on that trip would stay with her forever and it set her on a path to show the world what was happening for women and children in that country.More than a decade on, Sanaz has co-produced two award-winning documentary films, juggling a PhD in English Literature along the way… and behind the scenes, she was toiling away on a manuscript.She nearly gave up many times over the years but after a rollercoaster of rewrites and rejections, her manuscript won the 2019 Peter Blazey Fellowship, and her book ‘Love Marriage in Kabul: A Memoir’ has now been published and is gracing the shelves of bookstores around the country.In this episode, Sanaz talks about her book-writing journey, the different facets of her career, her adventurous travels to Kabul and her latest project with Australian charity Mahboba’s Promise to support and empower women and girls in Afghanistan.LINKS‘Love Marriage in Kabul: A Memoir’ is published by Gazebo Books: <a href="https://gazebobooks.com.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://gazebobooks.com.au/</a>Buy the book: <a href="https://www.booktopia.com.au/love-marriage-in-kabul-sanaz-fotouhi/book/9780648901105.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.booktopia.com.au/love-marriage-in-kabul-sanaz-fotouhi/book/9780648901105.html</a>Find out more about Sanaz Fotouhi: <a href="https://sanazfotouhi.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://sanazfotouhi.com/</a>Follow Sanaz Fotouhi on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SanazWrites" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/SanazWrites</a> Find out more about Mahboba’s Promise: <a href="https://mahbobaspromise.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://mahbobaspromise.org/</a>CREDITSHost and producer: Jacqui OoiJoin us on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/whatshedidnextpodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/whatshedidnextpodcast/</a>Follow us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/whatshedidnextpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/whatshedidnextpodcast</a>Visit our website: <a href="https://whatshedidnext.com.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://whatshedidnext.com.au/</a> What She Did Next is proud to be a part of the Women's Agenda Podcast Network. Visit <a href="https://womensagenda.com.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://womensagenda.com.au/</a>What She Did Next acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the Land on which this podcast is recorded and produced, the Cammeraygal people of the Eora nation and the Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal nation. We pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Sanaz Fotouhi | Writer’s journey – bringing to light the stories of women and children in Afghanistan

Today, we continue the conversation with an Iranian writer/filmmaker who traveled to Afghanistan in 2006 to uncover why women at alarming rates were self-burning as a form of suicide! Sanaz Fotouhi obtained her Masters at the University of HK and later her PhD at the University of NSW in Australia.  Exploring the meaning and identity of the mass dispersion of Iranians since the Islamic Revolution, she brings her own life experience to the books she writes and the movies she makes.As one of the founding members of the Persian Film Festival in Australia, you might assume that she creates documentaries and writes books and everyone laps them up.  Her story is much more real than that.  This conversation is about the resilience and journey of a woman who believes that a book needs to be read so much that she persisted with publishers for 14 years!!It is with celebration of that determination to “stay in the game” that we speak on the precipice of her launch of Love Marriage in Kabul…14 years in the making J The Goods on Sanaz:Sanaz Fotouhi was born in Iran soon after the revolution, during the Iran-Iraq war. Her father’s job as a banker took her and her family to many countries.Sanaz holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Philosophy from the University of Hong Kong. The thesis of her PhD at the University of New South Wales was published as The Literature of the Iranian Diaspora: Meaning and Identity since the Islamic Revolution (I.B. Tauris, 2015).As a creative writer, Sanaz has been published in anthologies and journals across Australia and Asia. She is also the co-producer of two documentary films – Hidden Generation, a short documentary examining the reasons for the increase of women’s self-burning as a form of suicide in Afghanistan, and Love Marriage in Kabul, a multi-award feature documentary following a young couple as they try to get married against all odds.Sanaz is one of the founding members of the Persian Film Festival in Australia, and is the former director of Asia Pacific Writers and Translators Inc., a literary networking organisation that brings together people from the creative writing and publishing industries.Contact Sanaz:         Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SanazFotouhi         Twitter: @sanazfotouhi         Buy ‘Love Marriage in Kabul’:  www.amazon.com Go to http://www.bit.ly/InTheGamePodcast to become part of this growing community of DREAMERS!

Today, we continue the conversation with an Iranian writer/filmmaker who traveled to Afghanistan in 2006 to uncover why women at alarming rates were self-burning as a form of suicide! Sanaz Fotouhi obtained her Masters at the University of HK and later her PhD at the University of NSW in Australia.  Exploring the meaning and identity of the mass dispersion of Iranians since the Islamic Revolution, she brings her own life experience to the books she writes and the movies she makes.As one of the founding members of the Persian Film Festival in Australia, you might assume that she creates documentaries and writes books and everyone laps them up.  Her story is much more real than that.  This conversation is about the resilience and journey of a woman who believes that a book needs to be read so much that she persisted with publishers for 14 years!!It is with celebration of that determination to “stay in the game” that we speak on the precipice of her launch of Love Marriage in Kabul…14 years in the making J The Goods on Sanaz:Sanaz Fotouhi was born in Iran soon after the revolution, during the Iran-Iraq war. Her father’s job as a banker took her and her family to many countries.Sanaz holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Philosophy from the University of Hong Kong. The thesis of her PhD at the University of New South Wales was published as The Literature of the Iranian Diaspora: Meaning and Identity since the Islamic Revolution (I.B. Tauris, 2015).As a creative writer, Sanaz has been published in anthologies and journals across Australia and Asia. She is also the co-producer of two documentary films – Hidden Generation, a short documentary examining the reasons for the increase of women’s self-burning as a form of suicide in Afghanistan, and Love Marriage in Kabul, a multi-award feature documentary following a young couple as they try to get married against all odds.Sanaz is one of the founding members of the Persian Film Festival in Australia, and is the former director of Asia Pacific Writers and Translators Inc., a literary networking organisation that brings together people from the creative writing and publishing industries. Contact Sanaz:         Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SanazFotouhi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/SanazFotouhi</a>         Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sanazfotouhi?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@sanazfotouhi</a>         Buy ‘Love Marriage in Kabul’:  <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Marriage-Kabul-Sanaz-Fotouhi-ebook/dp/B08MVSR2N7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.amazon.com</a> Go to <a href="http://www.bit.ly/InTheGamePodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bit.ly/InTheGamePodcast</a> to become part of this growing community of DREAMERS!

111: Love Marriage in Kabul - 14 years to manifest by Sanaz Fotouhi