Nat: That somehow sets a deadline (June, 2005) if you wish to hire me!
But finally, for those who may be able to read French, possibly the best non-fiction originally in Persian that I've read is now translated to French. It's Ebrahim Nabavi's Couloir n° 6, which is simply a prison diary for the time when Nabavi, a satirist, was arrested for writing political satire but was jailed with financial prisoners instead of political ones (for the fear of helping their mood), or being put in a solitary cell (as is normal in Iran these days). So, the book somehow becomes an elite view into the lives of the very normal people, like an old man remaining in prison for a few years for of a debt of about EUR 50, unable to pay it back because he has neither family and friend who could pay it for him, nor he can earn any money inside the prison.