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World Service,1 min

A language that’s like molten glass

The Cultural Frontline

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Lila Azam Zanganeh was born in Paris to Iranian parents who fled the country during the Revolution. She talks about the creativity that comes from having ‘multiple identities’, and why she writes in English; a language she describes as elastic and flexible, and which allows her to explore her many selves. Photo: Lila Azam Zanganheh Credit: Marcelo Correa 2017

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