Media appearances

Expert contribution

I was interviewed by Sabrina Faramarzi on ta’arof, Persian ritual politeness https://medium.com/@sabrinafaramarzi/navigating-the-complex-social-etiquette-of-iranian-taarof-f9f262cd1dda

British radio show

At the launch of Among the Iranians in March 2010, I took part in Sandi Toksvig’s Excess Baggage radio show, broadcast 10 April 2010: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rv58q  (minutes 15’ to 24’)

Greek television shows

I was interviewed on Iranian everyday life and on differences between the Greek and Iranian cultures for the longstanding documentary show Prosopika (“Personally”) for the Green National Television Channel ERT (in Greek)

https://webtv.ert.gr/ert1/prosopika/03iol2016-prosopika-apostoli-stin-techerani-to-anigma-tis-islamikis-dimokratias-tou-iran-stin-disi-meta-tin-arsi-tou-empargko/ screened on 3 July 2016 (minutes 20’ to 27’)

https://webtv.ert.gr/ert1/prosopika/10iol2016-prosopika-piso-apo-ti-mantila-i-zoi-stin-islamiki-dimokratia-tou-iran/ screened on 10 July 2016 (minutes 10:55’ to 13’ and 48:50’ to 52’)

Greek radio show

I was interviewed by Vima 99,5 Radio FM about the Odyssey Marathon Reading in Tehran and about life in Tehran, 22 February 2017 (in Greek)

Iranian newspaper interview

Interview with the Hamshahri daily newspaper about the symbolism of The Odyssey, the archetype of the life journey in world literature, and my own life journeys (Tehran, 28 January 2017 - 7 Bahman 1395)