Before Dawn

By Babak Manafi

Yaldā Night is an Iranian Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice festival celebrated on the "longest and darkest night of the year." According to the calendar, this corresponds to the night of December 20/21 (±1) in the Gregorian calendar. This short story describes how an Iranian family dealt with falling in love and cultivating the soul at this night.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Babak Manafi
• Release date: Jan 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005001605

Babak Manafi

Babak Manafi (born 26 June 1987) is an Iranian writer. As a teenager, Babak was enthusiastic about writing, and he started to read novels by Ernest Hemingway, Agata Kristi, Herman Hesse and was fascinated by them. He was very passionate about writing stories, but he also was very skilled in math and physics. He started to study mechanical engineering at AZAD University. Then, after the bachelor's degree, he continued his education towards the master's degree. He was very good at research, and as a result; he worked on some studies, which were published in highest-ranked journals, also he owned some patents in engineering. Finally, at the age of 30, he asked himself "what is the purpose of my life?" His master inside told him "you were born to be a writer. Do not fool yourself...." Eventually, he decided to start writing stories. He started to participate in some courses in Story Writing, English Literature, and Creative Writing, and as a result; he achieved Professorship Diploma in English literature and Creative Writing from Europe Academy, WTG.He believes writing is a purging process, and the writers must address the most important issues in the current time. He believes, humanity has reached mastery in technology, but their inside has still remained unknown, and it is the duty of the writers to enhance the human spirit and consequently, change the future of mankind.He is inspired by writing fiction, and he stated that the imagination is a bridge between the spirituality and current world.

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