In conversation
Shara Atashi in conversation with Colin Grant
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Shara Atashi and family
'I have accepted that I’m a guest, that my nostalgia is something I need for writing.'
Shara Atashi
Shara Atashi is an Iranian-born writer and translator now living in Aberwystwyth, Wales.
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