: Monia, a Germany-based creator who has been designing adult games for over five years.
She arrived in late March, during the Nowruz holidays. The city felt paused, holding its breath. Her suitcase, a battered khaki thing, held two years’ worth of journalism credentials, a passport with too many blank pages, and a single photograph of her late father in front of his printing press in Chicago. She had a fellowship, a contact named Reza, and a Farsi vocabulary that barely covered “hello” and “thank you.” 4 Years in Tehran -v0.7- -Monia Sendicate-