Mahnaz Badihian Is an Iranian/American poet. She has published two volumes of poetry in Persian and one translation of Pablo Neruda's Book of Questions into Persian. She also published her first English language book of poetry, From Zayandeh Rud to the Mississippi. Her poetry has been translated into many languages including Italian , Spanish andTurkey. In 2007 Italian poet Kristina Contili translated and published selection of her poetry in Italy. Currently she resides in San Francisco, California where she runs an online multilingual literary magazine, MahMag.org to bring the poetry of the world together. She is most noted for her use of poetry to bridge the gap between western and eastern cultures. She worked as a dentist for many years in Iowa City. While she was living in Iowa City, She attended the Iowa Writer's workshop and many literary classes for many years. She has degree in Nursing Education, MA in Sociology from University of Baltimore and DDS degree from University of Iowa. From 2004 Mahnaz Badihian spending all her time on poetry and painting. Her work appeared in many literary journals. To contact poet Mahnaz Badihian please go to www.mahmag.org or badihian@gmail.com.