Elham Malekpoor Arashlu


Elham Malekpoor Arashlu 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. She lives in the Netherlands and works as a LGBT Rights activist, writer, and poet.
Elham left Iran in September 2012 due to threats against her. She has been a member of PEN International 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... in 2006 in Iran.
Malekpoor is also the author of the books A chair to sit, Historiography of Homan and Breaking the invertebrate flesh.