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Saba Vasefi Saba Vasefi i(7425214 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Iranian
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1 Writing in Resistance Establishes a Safe Creative Space Saba Vasefi , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: Sydney Pen Magazine , May 2023; (p. 14-15) 'Two years ago, writer Saba Vasefi devised an ambitious initiative to create a safe creative place for exiled women and non- binary people, a place to soothe, restore and lift the despondency common to many who find themselves in a state of exile. Her efforts inaugurated Writing in Resistance and found a place at Red Room Poetry. The project provides writing and performance mentorship, editing and translation, paid publication, and public performance. Here, Dr Vasefi outlines her mission.' (Introduction)
1 Soliloquy i "I’m fed up; there is no more air left", Saba Vasefi , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , September vol. 42 no. 2 2023; (p. 14)
1 The Portable Home Saba Vasefi , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Best of Australian Poems 2022 2022; (p. 128) A Line in the Sand 2023;
1 Weep of Whip i "The rain falls on the street", Saba Vasefi , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , vol. 12 no. 1 2022;
1 Clandestine i "Nostalgia bleeds me out", Saba Vasefi , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , vol. 12 no. 1 2022;
1 1 y separately published work icon Borderless : A Transnational Anthology of Feminist Poetry Saba Vasefi (editor), Melinda Smith (editor), Yvette Holt (editor), Canberra : Recent Work Press , 2021 23092608 2021 anthology poetry

'Borderless presents a collection of brand new, specially commissioned poems from a wide range of contemporary poets reflecting on feminism in its broadest sense. While it builds on the work of previous anthologies, in this one the voices of First Nations, refugee and migrant poets are a deliberate focus. These poems plunge the reader deep into the experience of life in the world, at this moment, in a woman’s body, and explore multitudinous versions of what that can mean.'

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1 Banished i "Except for my bootlaces", Saba Vasefi , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 100 2021;
1 Student Day i "Next to crumpled green flyers", Saba Vasefi , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Solid Air : Australian and New Zealand Spoken Word 2019; (p. 189)
1 Moon i "In the street whose end is not my home", Saba Vasefi , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Collaboration , no. 26 2017;
1 Black Pomegranate i "In my father’s garden", Saba Vasefi , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , February 2016;
1 form y separately published work icon Beyond the Father's Shadow Saba Vasefi , ( dir. Saba Vasefi ) Australia : 2015 8801554 2015 single work film/TV

Beyond the Father's Shadow is the story of Australia’s first female parliamentarian, Edith Cowan. The film reveals the struggles behind her ascent to power. Saba Vasefi uses metaphoric and poetic imagery to depict how Edith Cowan's traumatic childhood experiences motivated her to become a social worker and then the first female member of the Australian parliament. [Source: eventbrite.com.au]
1 Slap Fingerprints i "It is not without reason", Saba Vasefi , Sheema Kalbasi (translator), 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , May no. 15 2014;
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