Kamin Mohammadi

As a teacher, my aim is to engage each student and give them what it is that THEY need – there is no sense of competition or comparison with other students. I focus on their individual growth and applaud and emphasize each person’s unique gifts.

Kamin Mohammadi is an author, journalist, broadcaster, editor, and public speaker. Born in Iran, she and her family moved to the UK during the 1979 Iranian Revolution. She has written for British and international press, including The Times, the Financial Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Condé Nast Traveller (UK and Italy), The Sunday Times (UK), The Mail on Sunday, The Guardian, and many more as well a co-authoring The Lonely Planet Guide to Iran and numerous other travel guide books.

Mohammadi has published two books: The Cypress Tree: A Love Letter to Iran (Bloomsbury, 2011), translated into Italian as Mille Farfalle Nel Sole (Piemme Voci, 2013), and Bella Figura: How to Live, Love, and Eat the Italian Way (Bloomsbury, 2018), which has been translated into 16 languages and is in development as a TV series. Her essay Biological Clock appeared in the anthology Pensiero Madre (Neo Edizioni, 2016), and her work was also featured in The Ordinary Chaos of Being Human (Penguin SEA, 2020).

As a seasoned commentator, she has appeared on programs such as BBC Radio Four’s Woman’s Hour, Midweek, Four Thought, The World Tonight, and other BBC radio shows. She co-presented the BBC World Service documentary, Children of The Revolution, contributed to the BBC Radio Four series Escape from Tehran, and is a regular presenter on BBC Radio Four’s Four Thought.

In addition to her media career, Mohammadi is a writing teacher and mentor, who offers classes, courses, and workshops online and teaches travel writing and creative writing courses at institutions, including SRISA.