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Yasaman Bagheri Yasaman Bagheri i(18452938 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Yasaman Bagheri fled Iran in 2013 (aged sixteen), and was placed in Australia's off-shore detention facilities, first on Christmas Island, then Nauru, the  Darwin. In 2018, she was medevacked to Australia and placed in community detention in Queensland.

Source: Verity La.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

Empty Envelope i "Falling off the sinking boat", 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 29 2021; (p. 54-55)
2020 third place Ballina Region for Refugees Poetry Prize
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