Select Talks & Interviews
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BBC Commentary (min 8:52)—2026 Iran Protests
BBC Interview (minute 30)—2026 Iran Protests
A Soulful Revolution with Rev. Lauren Grubaugh Thomas
Live Free Ride Free with Rupert Isaacson
MBC Persia چند شنبه با سینــا—minute 30:36 (turn on English captions)
News Nation Morning in America—Iran Protests
News Nation On Balance—Iran Protests
Awakin.org—Rumi, novel, and savoring
The Actor’s Wish Podcast—Iran protests/novel
The Atlantic—Arranged Friendships
The Shift Network’s Mystic Summit
KUTX Studio 1A—Rumi Performance
The Young Turk’s Rebel HQ —Rumi and Refugees
Chicago Tribune—Dancing with Refugees
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Race, Gender, and Social Justice
A Girl Called Rumi Buzz
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A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Locus Magazine Best Book of the Year
An Undomesticated Best Book of the Year
A San Diego Union-Tribune Favorite Book of the Year
Buzzfeed’s 18 Books You’ll Love
A San Diego Jewish World’s Favorite Read
Book Riot’s Favorite Fiction Featuring Cultural Traditions
AudioFile Magazine’s Next Great Audiobook
NPR’s KPBS—Poetry, Magic, and a War-torn Childhood
Shoutouts
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Grateful Living Word for the Day
Most Popular Daily Good
Union Tribune’s Someone San Diego Should Know: Ari Honarvar
The Establishment’s Writer Of The Week: Ari Honarvar
Featured on Good People, Good Things
Writing Contests
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1st Place Essay Contest Winner—WOW! Women Interview
The Pomegranate Tree places 1st out of 1000+ entries in the contest, City in the Wild Garden, and is part of an anthology by the same name
A Child of the Oasis places 2nd out of 1,200 entries in Stories of the Nature of Cities 2099, and is part of the anthology, A Flash of Silver Green
Actor Nora Achrati reads A Child of the Oasis
Ongoing Refugee Support
Writers Conference & Workshops
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Centering the Margins: Conversations with Writers of Color
Comic-Con
Breaking Borders Panel Discussion and Benefit
Rumi’s Gift Oracle Cards Buzz
Featured in Spirituality & Health
Featured on Awakening Aphrodite Podcast
Rachel Swirl’s Blog Post & Review
Staff Pick at Tattered Cover Bookstore
Unboxing of Rumi’s Gift Oracle Deck by Avalon Cameron
Articles on our work
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Bringing Music and Dance to Asylum Seekers, One Drumbeat at a Time
Drum circle helps refugee women heal from trauma
Artwork Featured on TV:
Studio Show Season 2 Episode 1
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