Ava Homa

Ava Homa (; born January 1981) is an Iranian Kurdish writer, educator, and journalist. She is the author of Daughters of Smoke and Fire. Her work amplifies marginalized voices especially those of women in Kurdish communities. She lives in California, and teaches at California State University, Monterey Bay.

Life and career Ava Homa was born in January 1981, in Iran into a Kurdish family, and grew up in Sanandaj, Iranian Kurdistan. She moved to Tehran to attend university at Allameh Tabataba'i University, and taught at Islamic Azad University.