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Zinat al Sadat Pirzadeh, born in the city Sari in the Mazandaran
province in the north of Iran, is a Swedish-Iranian comedian, actress
and writer. She is probably the first female stand-up comedian ever
from Iran.
Pirzadeh reached Sweden in 1991 and was granted permanent residence permission
after three years. She has worked with elderly care, modeling and within education
as a school councilor before she established herself on the Swedish stand
up scene. Today she is a well known face in Sweden.
Pirzadeh writes poetry and fiction as well as texts for radio, newspapers and
magazines and is currently working on her novel, The Maiden
and The Wolf, which
is to be published by Swedish publishing giant Piratfšrlaget.
She has acted in a couple of Swedish feature films that are to be released in
2007: Se upp fšr dŒrarna where she plays against Turkish star Korhan
Abay; and Det tysta skriket, and is already engaged for other film
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