Readers bring their own war memories

A gathering around the work

Nikoupour reports on a completed Nights of Iranian Story Writers gathering organised by Aban Gallery at the Shiraz Mall cinema complex. Speaker Hedieh Kazerouni discusses Rabihavi’s life and writing, placing particular emphasis on anti-war fiction and the experiences of people displaced by fighting. Source 1

According to the report, some listeners who had moved to Shiraz after the war began recounting their own memories as the discussion continued. Kazerouni connects the fictional characters’ wandering with the lived condition of war, and argues that this relationship helps readers recognise themselves in the work. That interpretation remains explicitly hers. Source 1

Form beside lived experience

Kazerouni also draws attention to experiments in form and technique, the Thursday literary sessions and Rabihavi’s screen work. The news report records one critical encounter with several parts of the repertoire. Its enthusiastic assessments are a speaker’s judgments, rather than a prize or an editorial ranking conferred by this website. Source 1

A reported collaboration across five films

Discussing the movement from fiction to screen work, Kazerouni describes Rabihavi and Kaveh Golestan working on a five-part sequence of short films about the war. The report does not name those films, date the collaboration or give a credit sheet. It is a specific reported career lead, kept distinct from the separately documented three-episode Ceasefire project. Source 1

Sources & credits

1. IBNA · Rabihavi’s work discussed in Shiraz

   Mohammad Hossein Nikoupour’s report, 13 January 2025, on a completed gathering. Hedieh Kazerouni’s assessments remain hers.