The Immortals of Tehran
my debut novel
coming from Melville House in 2020.

This project aims to bring together the information of Persian literature translated into English. The project will eventually take form as a website accessible to the public. The data would be freely available for viewing and download. Learn more about the "Persian, Translated" Project and help me collect data.
I Am a Face is an anthology of poetry by seven young Iranian poets. About this book Joyelle McSweeney writes, "The young poets collected here write with brio, ambition, and an almost astronomical self-possession."Learn more about the book and order copy here.
Ali Araghi is an Iranian writer and translator. He is now a PhD student in Comparative Literature, International Writers Track at Washington University in St. Louis.

My translation of Arash Allahverdi's
ConQuest
is coming out from co.im.press. Stay tuned for more soon.

What's New?

I will be on a translation panel at &NOW Festival of Innovative Writing. Read more here.