Amir Ahmadi Arian is an Iranian writer and journalist. He was born in Ahvaz, Iran in 1979 the year of the Islamic Revolution. Amir Arian’s essays have appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, The Paris Review and the New York Review of Books. Amir Arian welcome to “In Bed with the Elephant.”This episode is brought to you by our podcast’s very first sponsor, founding local partner, Perfect Books Ottawa. Perfect Books is an independent bookstore located at 258 A Elgin Street in the heart of downtown Ottawa, Perfect Books a store for book lovers.