Shant is an Armenian name meaning lightning. Khodadad is a Persian word meaning God, given with the typical Armenian “-ian” suffix. Khodadadian was born in Iran and started reading at a very young age.
The Liberum’s science fiction author and specialist, Emad Aysha, interviewed by Haarf magazine, 28th edition. Haarf is a particular section of the mother newspaper, Al-Dustour (meaning the constitution). It is an honour for our in-house specialist to be featured by Hanan Uqayl in one of Egypt’s leading literary magazines.
The story is semi-science fiction set in the very near future. Iran is at war with Saudi Arabia, and the only way the Saudis can tip the balance back in their favour is to buy up General Motors, the company manufacturing Iran’s superior tanks. Worse still, the villainous Iran here is led by none other than the Shah
