Zoom webinar

Zakaria Hashemi will discuss his newest, partially fictionalized, novel, The Vagabond. Published in 2021, the book is about a young man named Amir who is raised in a broken family, where his father disappears for months. When Amir becomes a teenager, his mother encourages him to burgle; he becomes the breadwinner of the family from a very young age, supporting his mother and three siblings, in addition to occasionally helping the less fortunate around him. At the age of 20 he takes up boxing and moves to Europe in the hopes of becoming a professional boxer, but…

Zakaria Hashemi is an acclaimed director, novelist, and actor. He has made several documentaries for Iranian national television. He has also directed three feature films, including “Se Ghaap” (1971). He was the lead actor in several Iranian films including Ebrahim Golestan’s “Brick and Mirror” (1965) and Amir Naderi’s “Khodahafez Rafigh” (1971). Mr Hashemi has written seven books, including Tooti (1969), With Open Eyes (2004), and The Vagabond (2021). Mr. Hashemi’s writing skills were discovered by Forugh Farrokzad, while he was working at Studio Golestan in the 1960’s.

Event is in Persian. If you need a disability-related accommodation for this event, please contact us at iranianstudies@stanford.edu. Requests should be made by May 3, 2022.