A slow path through editing, teaching, and translation—each step adding something to how I work with texts and people.
(Entries are arranged chronologically, from earliest to latest.)
Oct 2015
Began Teaching Sociology
Started teaching sociology to pre-university students at Mizan and Alavi High Schools in Tehran. Developed interactive lesson plans introducing social theory and fostering critical discussion.
Dec 2015
Entered Academic Editing
Joined Tarjomaan Institute as an editor of scholarly texts in sociology, psychology, and adjacent disciplines in the social sciences. Worked on articles and book manuscripts for the institute’s website and publishing division—an experience that helped me carve out my place as an editor in Iran’s intellectual publishing world.
Sep 2017
Joined Milkan Publishing
Started working as an editor at Milkan Publishing, contributing to the preparation of literary and scholarly texts. Later promoted to senior editor, where I honed my collaborative instincts and learned to guide editorial work within a team setting.
Oct 2020
Taught Arabic Language
Joined Hamed High School in Tehran as an Arabic instructor for pre-university students. Focused on grammar, reading comprehension, and translation techniques, helping students navigate classical and modern texts—and offering a space to share my own learning in the language.
Oct 2021
Began Freelance Editorial Work
Started freelance editing collaborations with various publishers, including Ney Publishing and Allameh Karbaschian Institute. These engagements offered repeated encounters with texts of differing editorial demands, allowing me to deepen my practical sensitivity to language and style through sustained, hands-on revision.
Oct 2022
Member of Editorial Team at Karnameh Publishing House
Joined Karnameh Publishing House to edit selected works by leading Iranian literature professors. Focused on stylistic refinement, textual clarity, and preserving authorial voice—occasionally translating limited sections from Arabic into Persian where needed.
My career has taken shape through slow, steady work with texts—editing, translating, and learning along the way. For a glimpse of books I’ve worked on, see Work on the Page.