Shohreh Laici is an Iranian essayist and translator based in the United States. Her work has appeared in a range of journals and magazines, including World Literature Today, The Brooklyn Rail, The Millions, Michigan Quarterly Review, Democracy for the Arab World, Asheville Poetry Review, Ezra, Statorec, Two Lines, and Poetry Daily. My Room in Tehran Is Called America, a memoir and documentary that details her journey from Iran to the United States, is forthcoming.