Other Writings
October 2022
Esther Amini reviews David Hirshberg’s novel, “Jacobo’s Rainbow”
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June 2022
Excerpt from “CONCEALED” in Fig Tree Lit, the newsletter of Fig Tree Books:
for the Jewish Book Council
The Paper Brigade Daily
“Lost in Translation.” An essay by Esther Amini
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Esther Amini interviewed by Gila Green
February 3, 2021
Lilith
ChaiFlicks
Now streaming “AM-REE-KAH,” an excerpt from: “Concealed”
Beginning September 1, 2020
Zibby Owens' "We Found Time to Read"
“Sheltering with Ghosts”
Female First
“Nine things I didn’t know about writing a book—until I wrote one”
Frolic Media
“An Iranian Mom Thumps in my Chest.”
Boukharian Shepherd
An excerpt from “Concealed.”
A Closet Full of Oscars
Staging a wily coup at the house of a legendary designer, her mother finally found fashion freedom.
Under the Covers
When Her Father Won’t Let Her Go to College
Iranian Taarof
I give you the best of what I have. I’ve saved it all for you—my welcomed guest.
Last Word: Breaking Away
In 1967, Barnard mailed me an acceptance letter. Tears washed my cheeks as I pirouetted across the living room.
Podcast: A Persian-American Thanksgiving
How Thanksgiving became Holy for one Iranian Jewish Woman and her family.
Giving Voice
To escape persecution and even death, my parents posed as Muslims while living in Mashhad, Iran, in the 1940s.
Food & Memory
Esther contributes a recipe that came from her Jewish-Iranian mother who was born and raised in the city of Mashhad.
Stories adapted for stage by Jewish Women’s Theatre:
“Barnard College”
“Persian Thanksgiving- Saffron Rice and Cranberry Sauce”—- both performed in the JWT show entitled:
Saffron and Rosewater
“Oscar de la Renta and Mom”—-performed in the JWT show entitled:
Unknown Stories Of Biblical Proportions
“Kicking High and Hard”—-performed in the JWT show entitled:
“OH, MOTHER”
“Iranian Tar-rof”—performed in the JWT show entitled:
The Matzo Ball Diaries
“Am-ree-kah”——–performed in the JWT show entitled:
Crossing Our Red Sea
“My Iranian Father”——performed in the JWT show entitled:
Persian Sunrise, American Sunset