Dina Nayeri's "A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea," the movie

Now showing at My Book, The Movie: A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea by Dina Nayeri.

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It's hard to write a pretty young Iranian character and not envision Golshifteh Farahani playing her in the movie. But I wouldn't make her my main character. Instead, I would cast this Iranian starlet as the beautiful best friend in the novel, Ponneh. For my main character, Saba (and her twin sister, Mahtab), I would cast...[read on]

Learn more about the book and author at Dina Nayeri's website.

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My Book, The Movie: A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea.

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