Fateme Ekhtesari

Fateme Ekhtesari
Ekhtesari in 2018
Ekhtesari in 2018
Native name
فاطمه اختصاری
BornFateme Ekhtesari
1986 (age 37–38)
Kashmar, Iran
Occupation
  • Poet
  • songwriter
  • criticism
  • writer
LanguagePersian
NationalityIranian, Norwegian
EducationMidwifery
GenrePostmodern Ghazal
Website
www.ekhtesari.com

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Fateme Ekhtesari, also Fatemeh Ekhtesari, (born 1986) is an Iranian poet.[1][2] Ekhtesari lived in Karaj and she writes in Persian.[3] In 2013, she appeared at the poetry festival in Gothenburg (Göteborgs poesifestival). After she arrived back in Iran she was imprisoned and later released on bail. Her verdict came in 2015 when she was sentenced to 99 lashes and 11.5 years imprisonment for crimes against the Iranian government, for immoral behaviour and blasphemy.[4]

  1. ^ "Poeter fängslade". Aftonbladet. 26 December 2013. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. ^ Sveriges Radio (6 September 2013). "Ung persisk poesi gör motstånd". Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ^ Kritiker, Medverkande, 2013, En motståndsrörelse på mitt skrivborg, page 185
  4. ^ "Iranska poeter ska ha släppts". SVT. 15 January 2014. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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