Serialized online beginning in early 2010, Zahra's Paradise was published in hardcover format in 2011 and has received numerous positive reviews in mainstream press and blogs.

[3] Zahra's Paradise was conceived by a Persian writer (Amir Soltani), an Arab artist ("Khalil"), and a Jewish editor, who chose anonymity for political reasons.

[6] Foreign language editions have subsequently been published by Casterman (in French and Dutch), Rizzoli Lizard (in Italian), Norma Editorial (in Spanish), Knesebeck (in German), LIKE (in Finnish), Darun (in Korean), Leya (in Portuguese), Pegasus Yayınları (in Turkish), vote4zahra.org (in Persian), and Dar Al-Tanweer (in Arabic).

[2][5] The novel's characters echo real figures, such as Mohsen Rouholamini, a 25-year-old who was reported to have died of prison abuse in 2009, and Sohrab Aarabi, the 19-year-old who was gunned down in the protests, both of whom, like Neda Agha-Soltan, were buried in Behesht-e Zahra.

It's also reminiscent of the story of Hossein Derakhshan, the Iranian-Canadian who helped spark the Iranian blogging movement, before voluntarily returning to his homeland in 2008, only to be imprisoned indefinitely.

[5][8] Zahra's Paradise has received a wide and positive reception; a review in The Independent noted that "the webcomic is garnering enthusiastic mentions across the mainstream media and ... varied blogs.