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Introduction	Ari Siletz is an Iranian-American short-story writer and essayist. Born and raised in Iran, Siletz grew up during the era of Shah Muhammad Reza. Though he studied in England and America as a young adult, much of Siletz's writing has focused on Iran's past and present, its political and religious upheavals, and its clashes between tradition and modernity. "In his well-known collection of short stories, The Mullah with No Legs and Other Stories (Intercultural Press 1992), Siletz offers a view of Iran from the American cultural perspective. Autobiographical in many ways, these and many of Siletz's other stories center on the modern lives of Iranian families and children, as well as the growing impact that Western culture and technology is having on Iranian society today." -- Modern World Literature (published by McDougal Littell)

Introduction

Ari Siletz is an Iranian-American short-story writer and essayist. Born and raised in Iran, Siletz grew up during the era of Shah Muhammad Reza. Though he studied in England and America as a young adult, much of Siletz's writing has focused on Iran's past and present, its political and religious upheavals, and its clashes between tradition and modernity.

"In his well-known collection of short stories, The Mullah with No Legs and Other Stories (Intercultural Press 1992), Siletz offers a view of Iran from the American cultural perspective. Autobiographical in many ways, these and many of Siletz's other stories center on the modern lives of Iranian families and children, as well as the growing impact that Western culture and technology is having on Iranian society today." -- Modern World Literature (published by McDougal Littell)