Who Knows Where Butterflies Die
Dr. Pasha, Parvaneh Hashemi holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology Education, along with qualifications in Communications Design, the Arts, and Pedagogy. She works as a translator and college educator in British Columbia, Canada. For fifteen years, she founded and chaired Thousand and One Nights, a BC non-profit promoting creative writing, poetry, and the visual arts, earning recognition from notable Canadian figures and universities.
As a visual artist, her work has been exhibited across Canada with positive reviews. Her poetry and illustrations have appeared in numerous North American publications, and two of her poems are archived in the U.S. Library of Congress collections: The Path Not Taken and The Best of the 90s.
A widely traveled author, she has immersed herself in many cultures and learned several languages. Her deep empathy for people’s struggles—both internal and external—has led her to gather powerful accounts of loneliness and injustice through extensive online interviews worldwide. These conversations revealed how emotional burdens can drive individuals to act in unexpected, even unimaginable ways. The compelling true stories shared by ordinary people inspired her to shape them into two published novels: The Sound of Silence, exploring profound loneliness, and Who Knows Where Butterflies Die, portraying social and global injustice. They are in English and Persian.
Her books are officially cataloged by the Library of Congress in the United States of America (USA) and are published and distributed through iUniverse, a U.S.-based publishing house. They are accessible to readers worldwide through leading bookstores, online retailers, and the book’s dedicated website – www.phpasha.com
Who Knows Where Butterflies Die is a timeless, heartrending narrative addressing social and global injustices. It recounts the experiences of many people who undertook remarkable risks to flee oppression in pursuit of freedom, alongside those who were unable to succeed. The work is crafted as an allegory to safeguard the identities of the real individuals whose stories are depicted.
Book Review:
· “Who Knows Where Butterflies Die … is an important and powerful story that brings awareness to the pain and devastation innocent families experience when they are mired in a homeland full of oppression, war, and revolution, written by Dr. Pasha. Her story of Butterfly, a young girl born into a loving family, portrays the struggles faced by many of our global brothers and sisters, as well as the loving essence of all beings that want to learn, grow, forgive, and live in peace.”
o Reviewed by Brock Tully, a Renowned International Inspirational Speaker and Author of 9 books, including The Great Gift… for someone special.
· “Who Knows Where Butterflies Die … It’s a must-read. It inspires us to take responsibility for the world we are creating by our actions and inaction.”
o Reviewed by Ted Kuntz, educational speaker and author of 4 books, including the bestseller Peace Begins with Me.