Siba Shakib

Later when she moved on to do films and documentaries, her work reflected the social and economic situation of needy people worldwide.

Since the early 1990s, Shakib has primarily worked in two countries: Iran, where she was born and raised, and neighboring Afghanistan.

She was finalizing her first book Afghanistan, Where God Only Comes to Weep in her home in New York when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center.

[2] Siba Shakib is currently working on several new book projects, historical novels on Iran, Afghanistan, Oman, Zanzibar [3][4] and the story of a young Iranian boy, who is losing himself only to create a new identity as an attractive and cherished woman.

However, award-winning and well-known Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani (Body of Lies, with Leonardo DiCaprio) has accepted to play the main role of SAMIRA.