Sahand Sahebdivani

Sahand Sahebdivani was born in Iran in 1980 and fled the country with his parents at the age of three. He was raised in the Netherlands where he studied storytelling, screenplay writing and music. He has operated the Mezrab Cultural Center in Amsterdam, a renowned site for storytelling and other arts, since 2004. He’s worked both in Dutch and Persian language media as a writer and programmer on a variety of cultural, social and political issues. When he’s not in Amsterdam he’s touring the world with his band, his story shows and/or his storytelling workshops.