Firoozeh Dumas Storytelling is the oldest profession. It connects us to one another and to our past.

Firoozeh Dumas

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Author Biography

Firoozeh Dumas was born in Abadan, Iran and moved to Whittier, California at the age of seven. After a two-year stay, she and her family moved back to Iran and lived in Ahvaz and Tehran. Two years later, they moved back to Whittier, then to Newport Beach.
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Influences

My father's oral story telling. Listening to my mother and aunts talk constantly about the minutiae in their lives. The Whittier Public Library.

Web Links

Firoozeh Dumas' website

Firoozeh Dumas's Blog

Hello Red Room Readers!
December 20, 2007
- I'm a big fan of brevity and simplicity, the less is more approach. I love reading something that is seemingly simple but then discovering the hidden layer of meaning. Reading is after all, a participatory activity, an archaeological dig of sorts. I enjoy working with schools and getting kids excited about reading. All the reports about the declining interest in reading are very depressing. ...
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