This creative writing and drawing workshop was facilitated by Sheba Arts

Now that our participants have learned about the stories and songs mentioned in Haideh Ahmadzadeh’s book (My Life as A Persian Ballerina) , we asked them to think about their favourite character and imagine themselves being that character. This could be Gordafarid, Manijeh, Bijan Rostam or the golden statue from the Prayer of Darius.

Once our participants chose their character, they developed a short story centred around them. We had such an interesting variety of stories; from ghost-like monsters to a tragic love story, our participants let their imagination run wild.

We are taking a short break now but will be back on the 3rd August – See you soon!

Do you want to write your own story? Follow this link to see the lesson plan and this link to see the worksheet.