In Progress:
A Way of Directing, a college textbook on the process of staging plays
A Theatre Purified: Causes and Consequences of Censor in Iran’s Post-Revolutionary Theatre
Under Consideration:
Chain of Kisses, poetry, Cross Cultural Communications, 2024
Gilgamesh Con/Quest (with Ralph Blasting), The first American stage adaptation of the Epic of Gilgamesh, FCI Press, 2024
Iranian Love Amulets: The Folk Art of Seduction, Attraction, and Protection, (with Bill Wolak), 2025
In Print:
Shakespeare in Tehran: Meeting the Mothers of Those Who Lead the Iranian Revolution of Woman, Life, Freedom, book one in a three-book series entitled Shakespeare in Tehran, Routledge, https://www.routledge.com/Shakespeare-in-Tehran-Meeting-the-Mothers-of-Those-Who-Lead-the-Iranian/Karimi-Hakak/p/book/9781032548449#:~:text=Shakespeare%20in%20Tehran%20is%20a,after%20the%20revolution%20of%201979.
Iran Is the Stage and Youth Its Major Players, (book chapter) Performing Iran: Culture, Performance, Theatre, Edited by Babak Rahimi, I.B. Tauris, 2021
Shiv-ye Fanni-ye Namayeshnameh Khani, translation into Persian of David Ball’s Backwards and Forwards, Bidgol Publication, Tehran, Iran, 2019-22 (1st – 3rd editions)
Is the One I Love Everywhere: A Symphony in Seven Stages, A play based on poems by Jalal-al-Din
Rumi and Forough Farrokhzad, FCI Press, 2020
Rabeteh-e Baz-e Zanashohari, translation and adaptation into Persian of La Coppia Aperta (The Open Couple) written by Dario Fo and Franka Rame, FCI Press, 2018
Love Me More Than the Others (with Bill Wolak), translation into English of the Divan-e Iraj Mirza, Poetry, Cross Cultural Communications Press, 2014
Sadeq Hedayat, Modernism in Persian Fiction, We Love Books & Company, August 2014
https://drive.google.com/a/siena.edu/file/d/0BxdbycYntQ3QZkRoWTFZVjNpUEk/edit
Six Characters of 911: A chance encounter with Pirandello¹s Six Characters in Search of An Author, Ecumenica, Journal of Theatre and Performance, 2014
Love Emergencies (with Bill Wolak), a bilingual (English & Persian) book of poetry, Cross Cultural PCommunications Press, 2011
Your Lover’s Beloved: 51 Ghazals by Hafez (with Bill Wolak), translation into English of Ghazals by Hafez, Cross Cultural Communication Press, 2010. Nominated for the best translation of poetry by American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)
Hamlet: Shahzade-ye Danmark, translation into Persian of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Gol Press, 2009
“Hafez and Wine part II”, (with Bill Wolak), Persian Heritage, Vol. 12, # 48, Winter 2007
“Hafez and Wine Part I”, (with Bill Wolak), Persian Heritage, Vol. 12, # 47, Fall 2007
“Islam and the Actor”, The Journal of Religion and Theatre, Vol. 3, No. 2, Fall 2004
“Exiled to Freedom: Memoire of Censor in Iran”, MIT Press, The Drama Review (TDR) #180, Winter 2004
Sakhreh-hay Arezo (Rocks of Desire), poetry, Mahak Arts Press, 2002, Tehran, Iran.
“Unbearable Explosion of the Role” Gozareshe Film, 7.86, Tehran, Iran, 1997, Tehran, Iran
“Bazigardan: Director Yet Not the Director” in Donyayeh Tasvir, 4.33, 1996, Tehran, Iran
“Bazigardani: The Birth of a New Profession in Iranian Cinema” in Gozareshe Film, 5.56, Tehran, Iran, 1995
Sangrizeh-hay-e Tanhaey (Pebbles of Solitude), Poetry, Center for International Arts Press, 1992
“The Struggle for a New Identity of Iranian Theatre” in Jong Monthly, 4.14, Los Angeles, CA, 1992
Roy-ye Shab-e Nime-ye Tabestan, translation into Persian poetry of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Loh-e Simin Press, (1st – 4th editions), 1999-2015, Tehran, Iran
Persian as a Second Language, a series of nine books for the study of Persian as a second Language,
The Academy of Language, 1973-1975, Tehran, Iran
Play and Film Scripts (produced but not published yet):
Child Soldier (with Talia Cunningham), An original play about Liberian female child soldiers, 2014
Anti/Gone Today, a new adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone, 2012
HamletIRAN, (with Ralph Blasting), a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, 2011
Shakespeare Interrupted, (with Ghasem Ebrahimian), Filmscript, Latitude Media, Ltd, 2009
Iranians, New adaptation of Aeschylus’ The Persians, 2008
Benedicts: Iran, Israel, US Project, (with Moti Lerner and Roberta Levitow), 2007
Paydaayesh: A Creation Project, (with Ellen Sinopoli), 2006
Iphigenia, Our Contemporary, based on Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis, (with Michael Sham), 2004
The Puppets, an English translation of Arusak Bazi by Bahram Baizaie, 2004
Death in Fall, an English translation of Marg dar Paeiz by Akbar Radi, translation, 2003
Selections From Rumi’s Mathnavi, (with Joe Martin), stage adaptation of Rumi’s Mathnavi, 2000
Mard-e Gol Bedahan, a Persian translation of Luigi Pirandello’s A Man with A Flower in His Mouth, 1995
The Common Plight, (with Yasamin Maleknasr), original filmscript, 1994
The Cold Song, a contemporary adaptation of Euripides’ Medea, 1985
Earthly Gospels, based Forough Farrokhzad’s Aayeh-hay Zamini, 1982
The Survivals, a play about a day after the 1948 Hiroshima’s atomic bomb, 1981
Little Black Fish, a play based on Samad Behrangie’s Mahi-ye Siah-e Kocholo, 1980
Me and My Mirror, a play based on Forough Farrokhzad’s Delam Baray Baghche Misozad, 1980
Little Sunny, a play for children of all ages, 1978
Another Birth, based on I Pity the Garden by Forough Farrokhzad, 1977
Reviews, Interviews and Write-Ups: (partial listing):
Sisterhood of Eyeless Women, Group Exhibit: Photographs, Sculptures, and Paintings by Sheila Pinkel, Kenton Hayat, Farhad Ahi, Cheryl DeCiantis, Eli Shahbazi, and Yadi Shahbazi. Café Dialogue, March-May 2023
Power of Rage, an interview with artist Cheryl DeCiantis, Think-Up, March 2023
https://thinkup-editions.com/the-power-of-rage-interview/
Zanan-e Iran dar mian sad portery-e honarmand amrikaey, Hafteh Weekly, Montreal, CA, Mar. 16, 2023.
Cafe Dialogue to be a place of culture and conversation in Schenectady, Times Union, https://www.timesunion.com/preview/article/cafe-dialogue-place-culture-conversation-17827345.php
Iran Uprising, Spectrum News, Oct. 10, 2022, <https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/news/2022/10/26/government-protests-in-iran-stir-activism-at-siena-college>
U.S. must do more to boost Iranian protest, Letter to the Editor, Times Union, Oct. 19, 2022
In yek enghelab ast, amma bedoon-e rahbar,An interview with Mahmood Karimi Hakak, Hafteh Weekly, Montreal, CA, Oct. 27, 2022
Flag of Hair, selected poems, Hafteh Weekly, Montreal, CA, Oct. 20, 2022
Women Are the Face of Iran’s Revolution, The Markaz Review, Oct. 2022, <https://themarkaz.org/author/mahmoodkarimihakak/>
Leaderless Revolution, an Interview, Syndic Literary Journal, <https://www.syndicjournal.us/syndic-narrations-iran-special-report-bill-wolak-mahmood-hakak-2022/>
At the Service of Lovers and Wine, Video Performance, Syndic Literary Journal, August 2021
http://www.syndicjournal.us/a-syndic-no-42-international-poets-no-2/
Peacebuilding Through the Arts: An Interview with Mahmood Karimi Hakak
https://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/literature/interview-mahmood-karimi-hakak-bill-wolak
Rabete-y Baz Zanaa Shohari, VOA News,
https://ir.voanews.com/a/4701973.html
An Interview with Mahmood Karimi Hakak, Andishi TV, Los Angeles, CA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMWbemzGaW8
Iranian Diaspora Theatre, Honar va Zendegi, Los Angeles, CA
Modernity and Tradition: An artistic comment on Iranian diaspora, Javanan, Los Ageles, CA
Interview with Mahmood Karimi Hakak, Radio Hamrah, Los Angeles, CA https://clyp.it/vhvzyez4?token=5f8de7c5b345a2ad248fe76a538cd38f
Motavaled-e 1361, Iran International TV, Los Angeles, CA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0fTgbEiwo0&feature=share
Iranian Director on American Stage, Interview, Radio KBOO, Portland OR
https://www.kboo.org/media/63148-persian-hour-art-and-music-show-012118
TEDx Schenectady
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/14edc3325b269a56?projector=1
Child Soldier Sheds Light on Lasting Impact of War
Child Soldier, A Timely & Thoughtful Play
http://www.ladyalicelux.com/featured/child-soldier-timely-thoughtful-play/
Child Soldier, a Premier, The Chronicle, Vol. 133, # 13, Nov. 11, 2014
Liberia Center Stage in Production, Times Union, Nov. 10, 2014 http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/New-play-explores-Liberia-s-child-soldiers-Ebola-5882335.php
A Man of Dialogue, The Daily Gazette, Nov. 9, 2014
http://www.dailygazette.com/search/?q=Mahmood%20Karimi%20Hakak
Antigone Today; A Modern Masterpiece, The Promethean, Vol. 23, # 6, Nov. 15, 2012
Shakespeare! An Interview with Mahmood Karimi-Hakak, Bazar, Vol. 23, #266, Nov. 2012
AntiGone Today
http://siena.edu/pages/179.asp?item=326377
Antigone, Chavooshi & The American Election
http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/2012/11/121108_l41_theatre_hakak_antigone.shtml
Antigone Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZnyDnnwcxY
The Glass Wall, Festival Between the Seas August 2012
http://theglasswallfilm.weebly.com/
http://betweentheseas.org/home/program.html#benedictus
First American stage adaptation of Rumi’s “Mathnavi”
Ragazine’s Events Page
Festival Cinema Invisible, Hafteh Weekly # 197, May 10, 2012
Backstage April 27, 2012
http://www.backstage.com/news/theatre-without-borders-keeps-the-channels-of-communication-open/
HamletIRAN, Director Spotlight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lGoiqltxqE
HamletIRAN, A review by Fatemeh Keshavarz, Rah-e Sabz
http://www.rahesabz.net/story/35489/
HamletIRAN: An Interview, Jaras Online
http://www.rahesabz.net/story/36157/
HamletIRAN review, Stephan Kinzer, PBS Frontline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/04/review-hamlet-iran.html
HamletIRAN Play Review, Radio Farda,
http://www.radiofarda.com/content/f7_mahmoud_karimi_hakak_iv_on_his_drama_hamletiran/3551978.html
HamletIRAN review, Voice of America (VOA)
http://www.voanews.com/persian/news/arts/HamletIranplay-2011-4-1-119076854.html
HamletIRAN review
http://www.bethlehemforpeace.org/nonBNPevents.htm
An Attack on Iran Will Lead to World War III, Times of Israel
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/an-attack-on-iran-will-lead-to-world-war-3/
Binghamton International Poetry Festival,
http://ragazine.cc/2012/03/crossroads/
Payvand Miaan Zehn-e Shekespeare va Javaanaane Sabze Iran, Jaras, June 2011 http://www.rahesabz.net/story/36157/
Iranian Hamlet, Iranian.com, May 2011
http://iranian.com/main/2011/jun/iranian-hamlet
Shahzadeye Elsinor Ham Sabz Shod, Jaras, May 2011
http://www.rahesabz.net/story/35489
HamletIRAN: A World Premier in New York, Payvand.com, April 2011
http://www.payvand.com/news/11/mar/1110.html
The Prince of Denmark Joins the Iranian Green Movement, Shabahang, Voice of America
HamletIRAN, PBS.org, April 2011
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/04/review-hamlet-iran.html
HamletIRAN: Ravayate Mahmood Karimi Hakak az Rokhdadhaye Iran, Farda Radio
http://www.radiofarda.com/content/f7_mahmoud_karimi_hakak_iv_on_his_drama_hamletiran/3551978.html
Theatre Without Boarders Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCiLZHaALdk
Acting Together on the World Stage, Theatre Communication Group, 2010
http://www.tcgcircle.org/2010/10/acting-together-on-the-world-stage-part-2/
Peacebuilding Through the Arts, WAMC: Northeast Public Radio, 2010 http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain/article/231/0/1694811/The.Rundtable/Peace.Building.Through.the.Arts.at.Sienna.College
Iranian-American Theatre Scholar in Israel, Fulbright Hebrew, July, 2010 http://fulbright.org.il/newsletters/6/newsletter.html
Fulbright Publication, Fulbright Israel, June 2010
http://fulbright.org.il/newsletters/E-1/index.html#Mahmood
Drawing the Iran curtain, The Jerusalem Post, June 2010 http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=177592
במאי איראני בישראל: אחמדינג’אד יפול השנה, NRG News, March 2010
http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/031/390.html?hp=1&loc=4&tmp=5064
Iranians Call on West to Help Bring Down Regime, CBN News, February, 2010 http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2010/February/Iranians-Call-on-West-to-Help-Bring-Down-Regime/
Iranian exile anticipates demise of Ahmadinejad regime by year’s end, S D Jewish World, 2010
Iranian exile predicts end of current regime, The Canadian Jewish News, January 2010 http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18379&Itemid=86
Visiting exile: Don’t strike Iran, YNet News, January 2010
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3830749,00.html
Sanctions, War, or Support? Iranian.com, September 2009
http://www.iranian.com/main/blog/mahmood-karimi-hakak-0
Freedom Sounds Like Hafez, Peace with Iran, July 2009
http://www.peacewithiran.com/event-freedom-sounds-like-hafez/
Live From the Heartland: Mahmood Karimi-Hakak and Bill Wolak 7-25-09 part three http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcX9RntTXuQ&feature=related
Poetry, Hypocrisy and the Changing World, Central Coast Public Radio KUSP- Suzan Freeman’s The Poetry Show, August 2, 2009
http://www.KUSP.org/shows/poetry.html
“Sanctions, War, or Support,” Iranian.com, San Francisco, CA, July 2009
http://www.iranian.com/main/blog/mahmood-karimi-hakak/sanctions-war-or-support
Dance Clear, Music Less So in ‘Branches’, The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, NY, Sept. 2008
The Persians, Iran Dokht, Events, Los Angeles, CA, April 22, 2008
The Persians, A Declaration of Unsustainability of the War, Sustainabilitank, May 10, 2008 http://www.sustainabilitank.info/2008/05/the-sienna-presentation-of-the-persians-by-aeschylus-adapted-and-directed-by-dr-mahmood-karimi-hakak-an-iranian-us-educated-professor-of-creative-arts-at-the-siena-college-of-loudonville-near-a/,
When War Defeats All Its Survivors, Persian Heritage, Passaic, NJ, Summer 2008
Bridging the Gap: Israeli, Iranian, and American artists forge collaboration, Back Stage, Sept. 2007
A Portrait of Ineffectual Diplomacy, Bay Times San Francisco, October 2007
Benedictus lacks the urgency its Mideast subject should inspire, San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 2007
Benedictus, San Francisco Weekly, October 2007
Beyond Borders: Benedictus draws from a real-life meeting to explore political power games, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol. 42, # 2, October 2007
Stark Choice for Five Artists: War or Dialogue? American Theatre, October 2007
Benedicts: Iran, Israel, US Project, additional number of reviews and interviews in various national
and international print and electronic publications in English, Persian, Hebrew, and French
That’s What I Heard, The Kingston Times, Kingston, NY, Mar. 2006
Inventing Creation, Times Union, Albany, NY, Mar. 2006
Paydaayesh: Creation Comes to Life, The Promethean, Loudonville, NY, Mar. 2006
Paydaayesh: In Need of Purpose, The Promethean, Loudonville, NY, Mar. 2006
Paydaayesh: Truly a Creation Project, The Promethean, Loudonville, NY, Mar. 2006
What I Heard About Iraq, The Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY, Feb. 2006
Paydaayesh, A Creation Project, The Promethean, Loudonville, NY, Jan. 2006
Quote War Unquote, Times Union, Albany, NY, Dec. 2005
Re-evaluating what we’re hearing about Iraq, The Saratogian Life, Saratoga, NY, Nov. 2005
Americans in Post 9/11 era can identify with isolation found in Chekhov Classic, The Daily Gazette,
Schenectady, NY, Apr. 2005
Banned in Iran, Siena News, Loudonville, NY, Winter 2005
Creative Activism, Siena News, Loudonville, NY, Spring 2004
Drama in Exile, Times Union, Albany, NY, Feb. 2004
Artistic and Theatrical Censorship in Iran is Veiled,” Iranian News Agency, Jan. 2003
Identity Crisis Is Shared Between Generations, Tose`h Daily, Tehran, Iran, Jan. 2003
We Are Afraid to Say I Don’t Know! Aftab Daily, Tehran, Iran, Jan. 2003
Broken Artists Break the Society, Iranian Student News Agency, Tehran, Iran, Dec. 2002
Let the Theatre Audience Decide What is Good and What is Bad, The Daily Hamshahri, Tehran,
Iran, Mar. 2002
For The Love of Theatre: An Interview with a Director, Hamshahri, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 2002
The Role of the Women in the Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema, Shahrvand Weekly,
Dallas, TX, Jan. 2002
A Conversation with Mahmood Karimi-Hakak, Shahrvand Weekly, Dallas. TX, Jan. 2002
The Illusionary Tumult of a Dream Within the Obscure Mirror of Reality, Asheghaneh, Huston,
TX, Dec. 2001
Mahak and Hakak: An Interview, Cinema-Teatr`-e Iran, Tehran, Iran, Nov. 2001
Mr. Hakak, Theatre Means Action and Thought, Cinema-Teatr`, Tehran, Iran, Nov. 2001
Explanations of Center for Performing Arts, Cinema-Teatr`, Tehran, Iran, Nov. 2001
The Profound ‘Six’: Penetrating, Multi layered Play Within a Play, The Dallas Morning News,
Dallas, TX, Oct. 2001
Director Changes Student’s Lives, The Daily Campus, SMU, Dallas, TX, Oct. 2001
Iran’s Loss is Meadow’s Gain, The Daily Campus, Oct. 2001
Open Your Eye’s Question Your Reality, The Daily Campus, Oct. 2001
An Interview with Mahmood Karimi-Hakak, Persian Heritage, Paterson, NJ, June 2001
Rumi’s Mathnavi, Show Business, New York, NY, Oct. 2000.
Molana on Stage, The Iranians, Washington DC, Oct. 2000
Walking Rumi’s Spiritual Path, The Dance Insider, New York, NY, Sept. 2000
May the Touchstone of Experience Reveal Those Whose Faces are Blackened with Impurities,
Cinema-Teatr`, Tehran, Iran, May 1999
It is the Opinion of the Audience That Counts! Emrooz Daily, Tehran, Iran, Apr. 1999
Our Theatre is Maturing, Sobhe` Khanevadeh, Tehran, Iran, Mar. 1999
Let Us Be Men of Dialogue! Cinema-Teatr`, Vol. 1, # 2 Tehran, Iran, Mar. 1999
Let Us Move Toward a Progressive Society, Rokhsat Pahlavan, Tehran, Iran, Mar. 1999
The Critics Formulate Creativities of an Artist, Abrar Daily, Tehran, Iran, Mar. 1999
Acheving Unity on Stage, Fajr Namayesh, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 1999
The Winter’s Summer Dream, Abrar Daily, Tehran, Iran, Jan. 1999
Take Theatre Seriously, Please! Mehr Weekly, Tehran, Iran, Dec. 1998
What Goes on in Our Acting Schools? Mehr Weekly, Tehran, Iran, Nov. 1998
The Art of Play-Reading, Jame`h Daily, Tehran, Iran, July 1998
The Theatre Stage Does Not Belong Only to One Genre of Theatre, Abrar Daily, Tehran, Iran,
June 1998
Theatre In Review, Hamshahri, Tehran, Iran, Apr. 1998
This Is Not the Path to Theatrical Universality, Jame`h Daily, Tehran, Iran, Apr. 1998
Theatre Is Paving a Smooth Path for Us All, Abrar Daily, Tehran, Iran, Mar. 1998
Art Has Fallen Behind the Marketplace, Abrar Daily, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 1998
Comedy, A Serious Theatre, Golvazheh, Tehran, Iran, Dec. 1997
Single-Mindedness Takes Iranian Cinema Off Track, Khabar International, Tehran, Dec. 1997
Let Us Accept Our Differences, Jong-e Namayesh, Tehran, Iran, Nov. 1997
A Literal Investigation in the Life of the Intellectuals, Film Monthly, Tehran, Iran, Nov. 1995
Common Plight: An Interview With Mahmood Karimi-Hakak, Nashrieh-yeh Roozaneh #4, Tehran,
Iran. Feb. 1995
’ts Wise to… Keep Calm, Gozaresh-e Film, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 1994
The Realities and the Illusions, Donya-ye Tasvir, Tehran, Iran, Jan. 1994
Balancing On a Three-Legged Stool, Film Monthly, Tehran, Iran, Dec. 1993
A Film That Has Forgotten How to Be Contemporary, Hamshahri, Tehran, Iran, Dec. 1993
Presence Of Women Within Iranian Cinema Today, Etelaat, Tehran, Iran, Dec. 1993
The Birth of New Specialization in Iranian Cinema, Gozaresh-e Film, Tehran, Iran, Oct. 1993
TSU’s Antigone Is a Whirlwind of Visual Music, The Towerlight, Towson, MD, Nov. 1992
A New Journey to Heart, Literatura un Maksla, Riga, Latvia, Nov. 29, 1991
Seven Stages at Chaplaincy Centre, The Scotsman, Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 22, 1991
Seven Stages Is Simply Spiritual, Towson Times, Towson, MD, July 24, 1991
Seven Stages Strives to Enlighten, The Sun, Baltimore, MD, July 24, 1991
Excessive Nudity Is Production’s Chief Weakness, The Sun, Baltimore, MD, July 19, 1991
Ancients Awaken in Seven Stages, The Evening Sun, Baltimore, MD, July 16, 1991
Gilgamesh: Con/Quest, City Paper, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 15, 1991
Staging of Gilgamesh Lacks Strength, The Evening Sun, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 14, 1991
TSU Stages Ancient Epic, Baltimore Alternative, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 8, 1991
Gilgamesh: The Pain of Love and Death, The Towerlight, Towson, MD, Mar. 7, 1991
The Premier, Maryland Gazette, Glen Bernie, MD, Mar. 6, 1991
New Towson University Director Brings Original Flair to Midsummer Night’s Dream, The
Evening Sun, Baltimore, MD, May 3, 1990
Love Trouble in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Towerlight, Towson, MD, May 3, 1990
In the Mahmood for Dreaming, The Towerlight, Towson, MD, Apr. 26, 1990
A Matter of Freedom for Iranian Artists, Towson Times, Apr. 25, 1990
Theatre: Schechter’s Prometheus Project, The New York Times, New York, NY, Jan. 1986
Stroke Strophe, The Village Voice, New York, NY, Dec. 1985
Exoneration, The Village Voice, New York, NY, Apr. 1984
Iranian Playwright Mixes Art with Politics, The Princeton Packet, Princeton, NJ, Nov. 1980
Persian Symbolism Misses Western Target, The Princeton Packet, Princeton, NJ, May, 1979
Creative Atmosphere Brings Joy, The Home News, New Brunswick, NJ, Feb. 1979
Iranian Widening Kids’ Horizons, Sentinel, Middlesex, NJ, Feb. 1979
Monarch’s Departure Buoys Students In U.S., The Star Ledger, Edison, NJ, Jan. 1979
Play Probes Iran’s Conflict,” The Princeton Packet, Princeton, NJ, Dec. 1978
Two Men Are The Island,” Princeton Spectrum, Princeton, NJ, Dec. 1978
The Island Is Coming to Douglass,” The Black Voice, New Brunswick, NJ, Dec. 1978
Karimi-Hakak Speaks About Caligula,” The Black Voice, New Brunswick, NJ, Oct. 1978
Poems and Newspaper Clips:
“Women of Note: An art exhibit dedicated to the Women of Iran, Café Dialogue, June 2023.
http://www.cheryldeciantis.com/woman-life-freedom
“Flag of Hair”, Hafte Weekly, Montreal, CA, Oct. 2023
“Hafez: a video essay”, Syndic Literary Journal, June 2022
http://www.syndicjournal.us/a-syndic-no-42-international-poets-no-2/syndic-no-42-hafez-video/,
Yale Poetry Club, New York City, Nov. 2018
Kissing Moonlight, a poetry tour
http://srinivasreddy.org/pages/kissingmoonlight.html
http://lilypadinman.com/2014/05/18/kissing-moonlight-and-house-of-bangalore-%E2%89%88-july-14th-8pm/
The Forbidden: Poems from Iran and Its Exiles, Edited by Sholeh Wolpe
http://sholehwolpe.com/Books/TheForbiddenPage.html
“Poetic Excellence,” Lokmart Times, January 21, 2011, Nagpur, India
“The Atlanta Review,” Spring/Summer 2010, Vol. XVI, Issue # 2, Atlanta, GA.
“The Sufi Magazine,” Fall 2010
“Epitaph,” by Iraj Mirza, English Translation (with Bill Wolak), Basalt, Vol. 4 # 1, 2009
“Iraj Mirza: The Story of Two Mice,” Persian Heritage, Vol. 14, # 53, Spring 2009
“Those Who Stood Up for Tolerance,” FOR Magazine, Vol. 73, # 10-12, Winter 2008
“Hafez in Translation,” FOR Magazine, Vol. 73, # 8-10, Fall 2007
“Over Coming the other: Golden Thread’s Benedictus,” San Francisco Theatre Bay area, Vol. 32, # 8, Sept. 2007
“Security Worries Reach Albany Airport,” Times Union, Albany, NY, Aug. 2006.
“Gather to Hear ‘What I Heard About Iraq’,” The Promethean, Loudonville, NY, Dec. 2005
“The Layers,” Persian Translation of a poem by Stanly Kunitz, Cross-Cultural Press, Sept. 2005
“Pick of the Week,” Times Union, Albany, NY, Apr. 2005
“To the Backyard of the Prison,” Poem, New Jersey Poetry Society Anthology, NJ, Fall 2005
“Hafez in Translation,” The Saratoga Poetry Zone, Saratoga Public Library, Saratoga, June 2004
“The Passion of the Christ,” WVCR; The Saint, Loudonville, NY, Apr. 2004
“Euripides ‘Iphigenia’ Slated at Siena,” The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, NY, Feb. 2004
“Can’t Just Stay Soundless and Write!” Shahrvand Weekly, Dallas, TX. Nov. 2002
“Pressure on Upperclassmen, too,” The Daily Campus, Aug. 2001
“A Love Song,” Poetry, Persian Heritage, Paterson, NJ, July 2001
“Hafez,” poetry, Persian Heritage, Paterson, NJ, July 2001
“If the World-In My Control,” Persian Heritage, Paterson, NJ, Mar. 2001
“Rumi’s Mathnavi,” Sufi Magazine, New York, Autumn 2000
“Rumi at La MaMa” The Village Voice, New York, Sept. 2000
“Hakak and Theatre,” Iranshahr Weekly, Los Angeles, CA, July 1999
“Halting A Dream in a Mid Winter Night, Iran Daily, Tehran, Iran, Mar. 1999
“Civilized Society Must Answer Us!” Neshat Daily, Tehran, Iran, Mar. 1999
“Familiarize People With Theatre,” Rokhsat Pahlavan, Tehran, Iran, Mar. 1999
“A Dream in A Museum,” Javanan Weekly, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 1999
“One Theatre Festival and So Much Upheaval!” Payam-e Emrooz, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 1999
“Midsummer, Winner of the Critic’s Award,” Mehr Weekly, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 1999
“A Midwinter Nightmare,” Khordad Daily, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 1999
“The Empty Half, The Full Half,” Zan Daily, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 1999.
“Saboteurs Raided A Play,” Arya Daily, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 1999
“On Theatre Festival’s Track,” Asr-e Azadegan, Tehran, Iran, Jan. 1999
“Hakak Protests,” Akhbar Daily, Tehran, Iran, Nov. 1998
“Why Should I Not Work In Theatre?” Farhang-o-Cinema, Tehran, Iran, May 1998
“Common Plight: Denials and Experiences,” Donya-ye Tasvir, Tehran, Iran, Apr. 1996
“The Path of Balance,” Donya-ye Tasvir, Tehran, Iran, Mar. 1995
“ An Unending Excitement,” Zan-e Rooz, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 1995
“A Woman on 14 Street,” Through the Cracks, New York, NY, Summer 1992
“Deltanganeh,” Par Monthly, Washington DC, June 1992
“Theater for the New City” The Village Voice, New York, NY, May 1992
“Plays From Prison,” The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 12, 1992
“TransAtlantic Transfers,” Scotland’s What’s on, Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 1991
“Worth Mentioning,” The Evening Sun, Baltimore, MD, July 25, 1991
“Best Bets,” Seven Stages, The Evening Sun, Baltimore, MD, July 18, 1991
“Seven Stages To Debut Wednesday,” The Sun, Baltimore, MD, July 14, 1991
“Special Report: Theatre Facts,” American Theatre, New York, NY, Summer 1991
“Baltimore weekly,” City Paper, Baltimore, MD, July 12, 1991
“Theatre Production to appear at Scottish Festival,” Towson, Towson, MD, Summer 1991
“Seven Stages: A World Premier,” Maryland Arts Festival Bulletin, Summer 1991
“Local Campus Drama,” The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 15, 1991
“Baltimore weekly,” City Paper, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 14, 1991
“Theatre Production,” Towson Calendar, Towson, MD, Mar. 8, 1991
“Calendar of Events,” Maryland Gazette, Glen Bernie, MD, Mar. 6, 1991
“Ancient Poem Is Basis of Experimental Play,” The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 3, 1991
“Theatre Listing,” The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 1, 1991
“Theatre: A Commendable Version,” The Evening Sun, Baltimore, MD, May 5, 1990
“The Rushdie Affair,” Arts & Artists, New York, NY, Apr./May 1990
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” City Paper, Baltimore, MD, Apr. 27, 1990
“Directing Shakespeare,” Poem, Par Monthly, Washington DC, Apr. 1990
“Tarh,” Poem, Andishe va Enghelab, New York, NY, Summer 1988
“Aari ghese`maan in ast,” Poem, Par Monthly, Washington DC, Mar. 1987
“Sommer-Ferien in der Kultur,” Werkstatt, Dusseldorf, Germany, Summer 1985
“Sorood-e anke faseleh ra paymood,” Poem, Iranshahr Weekly, New York, NY, May 1983
“Sufi Theatre Workshop,” Back Stage, New York, NY, May 20, 1983
“Ritual Theatre Workshop,” Back Stage, New York, NY, May 14, 1982
“Arts Festival Workshops,” Arts & Entertainment, Westchester, NY, May 13, 1982
“Iranian Hostage,” The Laramie Daily, Laramie, Wyoming, July 12, 1980
“Excursion into Persian Culture,” Daily Targum, New Brunswick, NJ, Mar. 27, 1980
“An Evening of Persian Poetry,” Daily Targum, New Brunswick, NJ, Dec. 11, 1979
“The Island Returns to Douglass Theatre,” The Princeton Packet, Princeton, NJ, Jan. 24, 1979
“Little Sunny to Debut,” The Home News, New Brunswick, NJ, May 23, 1978
“Theatre Workshop,” The Home News, New Brunswick, NJ, July 1978
“Me and My Mirror,” New Jersey Monthly, New Brunswick, NJ, Sept. 1978
“Both Sides,” Black Voice/Carta Boricua, Poem, New Brunswick, NJ, Nov. 15, 1977
“To the Backyard of Prison,” Tarkio Times, Poem, Tarkio, MO, Nov. 1976
“To You, Friend!,” Poem, Tarkio Times, Poem, Tarkio, MO, Sept. 1976
“The Lucky One,” Poem, Tarkio Times, Tarkio, MO, Oct. 1976
“Iranian Will Teach Language and Culture,” Tarkio Times, Tarkio, MO, Aug. 1976