Translated to Arabic, «Censoring an Iranian Love Story», by the noted Iranian novelist, writer and journalist, Shariar Mandanipur (b. 1957, Shiraz). The author evokes a pair of young lovers who find each other - despite surreal persecution and repressive parents - through coded messages and internet chat rooms. Their story entwines with an account of their creator’s struggle. Inventive, darkly comic and profoundly touching, the work celebrates both the unquenchable power of the written word and a love that is doomed, glorious, and utterly real.