This American Life

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

photo credit: Stephanie Rausser

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

This American Life

Date of Review:

06/24/2003

Published Work:

Funny in Farsi

Reviewer:

Siran Babayan

Source:

LA Weekly

Review Excerpt:

“…Funny in Farsi, is an enjoyably and believably simplistic reminder of how good — despite bigger and wealthier men’s attempts to muck it up — we have it here….”