Neda Semnani's guest appearances

Neda Semnani

The Nonfiction Podcast

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

George Bell

Qasem Soleimani

Laila Lalami

Davy Rothbart

Rashid Khalidi

Clive Thompson

Nadine Labaki

Dan Barry

Tamir Rice

Gabrielle Glaser

Taylor Harris

Gianfranco Rosi

Eli Saslow

Olivia Harrison

Rahaf Mohammed

OwlTail

Neda semnani tells the story of her parents in"They Said They Wanted Revolution" by VOMENA Team at KPFA

Neda semnani tells the story of her parents in"They Said They Wanted Revolution"

“This is How They Saved Me” is writer Neda Semnani's narrative story about how she escaped Iran with her family in 1982, and how close they came to not making it at all. In this episode, I talk with Neda about the unique challenges of reporting her own family history and piecing together what really happened 36 years ago.  Neda Toloui-Semnani is a journalist and writer whose work has appeared in various online and print publications, including the Washington Post, New York, LA Review of Books, The Baffler, The Week, BuzzFeed, and Roll Call among others. Her work has also been featured in The Rumpus and This American Life.

“<a href="https://longreads.com/2018/03/23/this-is-how-they-saved-me/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This is How They Saved Me</a>” is writer Neda Semnani's narrative story about how she escaped Iran with her family in 1982, and how close they came to not making it at all. In this episode, I talk with Neda about the unique challenges of reporting her own family history and piecing together what really happened 36 years ago.  <a href="https://www.nedasemnani.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neda Toloui-Semnani</a> is a journalist and writer whose work has appeared in various online and print publications, including the Washington Post, New York, LA Review of Books, The Baffler, The Week, BuzzFeed, and Roll Call among others. Her work has also been featured in The Rumpus and This American Life.

Episode 20: "This Is How They Saved Me" by Neda Semnani