Elham Malekpoor Arashlu ( fa, الهام ملکپور ارشلو) or Elham Malepoor is an Iranian poet, writer and journalist. She was born in Iran and she is semi-blind.
Biography
Elham was born in July 1983 in Iran. She graduated from Kerman University in
Persian literature
Persian literature ( fa, ادبیات فارسی, Adabiyâte fârsi, ) comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language and is one of the world's oldest literatures. It spans over two-and-a-half millennia. Its sources h ...
. She lives in
the Netherlands
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and works as an
LGBT rights
Rights affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty for homosexuality.
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activist, writer, and poet.
Elham left Iran in September 2012 due to threats against her. She has been a member of
PEN International
PEN International (known as International PEN until 2010) is a worldwide association of writers, founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere. The association has autonomous Internationa ...
in the Netherlands since 2016. Elham worked in
JoopeA Foundation as a member of management team from 2015 to 2018.
Books
Elham published her first book of poems ''Jamaica is a country too...'' ( fa, که جامائیکا هم کشوریست...) in 2006 in Iran.
Malekpoor is also the author of the books ''A chair to sit'' ( fa, صندلی برای نشستن), ''Historiography of Homan'' ( fa, تاریخنگاری هومان) and ''Breaking the invertebrate flesh'' ( fa, منقار در گوشت بیمهره).
References
External links
Personal website
1983 births
21st-century Iranian journalists
Iranian human rights activists
Iranian women's rights activists
Living people
Iranian LGBT rights activists
Iranian LGBT poets
Iranian LGBT journalists
Iranian women poets
Women civil rights activists
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