Muhammad Ali Mojaradi was raised in Michigan in an Iranian immigrant household. At age fifteen—despite the protests of his family—he moved to Tehran where he lived with his grandparents and attended high school.
Muhammad Ali Mojaradi was raised in Michigan in an Iranian immigrant household. At age fifteen—despite the protests of his family—he moved to Tehran where he lived with his grandparents and attended high school.
In 2015 he moved back to the United States, later studying Economics and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Michigan while working as a researcher and Persian translator.
In 2015 he moved back to the United States, later studying Economics and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Michigan while working as a researcher and Persian translator.
At UofM he studied Persian poetry formally for the first time and founded @persianpoetics, hoping to expose his friends to the world of Persian poetry. He also chose the pen name ‘sharghzadeh’ meaning ‘struck by the east’ in Persian, an antonym of ‘gharbzadeh.’
At UofM he studied Persian poetry formally for the first time and founded @persianpoetics, hoping to expose his friends to the world of Persian poetry. He also chose the pen name ‘sharghzadeh’ meaning ‘struck by the east’ in Persian, an antonym of ‘gharbzadeh.’
