HistoryEvergreenThe caravanserai that is still waiting
Sample: a gateway on the old Silk Road that is still waiting for a camel bell.
Stories from the world, to read and to hear.
Personal stories, travel, history and conversations, written in Persian and told again in English and Arabic. A new story every other week, and a podcast to listen to on the road.
- Author name
- TodayRecording the first season of the podcast and writing about old caravanserais.
Featured stories
Personal storiesEvergreenThe letters Grandmother never sent
Sample: a tin box at the back of a wardrobe, thirty-odd stamped letters, and not one of them posted.
TravelEvergreenCold tea at Tabriz station
Sample: a night train, a thermos of cold tea and an old man whose father switched the points on this line for forty years.
“Every road is a story someone has not finished telling.”
Podcast
All episodesLatest episodes
0:30Jahan Story Podcast · E01AUDIOSample: the night-train story, narrated: a thermos of cold tea and a pointsman nobody met.- 0:30Jahan Story Podcast · AUDIOSample: what this podcast is, and why every story here starts on a road.
Events and courses
Next event
Meetup · Jahan Story nights · · Tehran · فارسی
Story night: voices of the road
An evening of stories read aloud: night trains, caravanserais and the people met on the way. Tea included. Sample event: replace or delete before launch.
Featured course
CourseBeginnerTextFree
From memory to story
A free self-paced text course: short lessons and exercises for writing family and travel stories. Sample course: replace or delete before launch.
Work with me
Writing commissions
Family memoirs, place stories and personal essays, written with you from interviews and old photos.
Storytelling workshops
Small-group sessions on turning a memory into a story that holds a room.
Narration and podcasts
Narrated stories and podcast episodes, from script to the finished audio.
Open to writing commissions, storytelling workshops and narration.
Work with meHave a story to tell?
A family memoir, a narrated piece or a workshop for your group: tell me about it and I reply within a few days.