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Tbakhi was born in [[California]] and moved to [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], Arizona, when he was 12. He studied theater at [[Arizona State University]]. His one-person show ''My Father, My Martyr, and Me'' grew out of his thesis project and was profiled by ''ASU News'' in 2020.[{{cite web |last=Greguska |first=Emma |title=Colonize this |url=https://news.asu.edu/20200218-creativity-colonize-desert-nights-rising-stars-writers-conference-preview |website=ASU News |date=February 18, 2020 |access-date=April 20, 2026}}] The performance was later staged at the [[Capital Fringe Festival]] in 2022[{{cite web |last=Pugh |first=Nathan |title=2022 Capital Fringe Review: ''My Father, My Martyr, and Me'' by Fargo Nissim Tbakhi |url=https://dctheaterarts.org/2022/07/16/2022-capital-fringe-review-my-father-my-martyr-and-me-by-fargo-nissim-tbakhi/ |website=DC Theater Arts |date=July 16, 2022 |access-date=April 20, 2026}}] and at Rhizome DC in 2023.[{{cite web |title=Fargo Nissim Tbakhi: My Father, My Martyr, and Me / with special guests niki afsar, Jessica Valoris, leena aboutaleb |url=https://www.rhizomedc.org/new-events/2023/9/myfathermymartyrandme |website=Rhizome DC |access-date=April 20, 2026}}] |
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Tbakhi was born in [[California]] and moved to [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], Arizona, when he was 12.[{{cite web |title=Fargo Nissim Tbakhi |url=https://hamiltonianartists.org/fellows/fargo-tbakhi/ |website=Hamiltonian Artists |access-date=April 24, 2026}}] He later studied theater at [[Arizona State University]]. His one-person show ''My Father, My Martyr, and Me'' grew out of his thesis project and was profiled by ''ASU News'' in 2020.[{{cite web |last=Greguska |first=Emma |title=Colonize this |url=https://news.asu.edu/20200218-creativity-colonize-desert-nights-rising-stars-writers-conference-preview |website=ASU News |date=February 18, 2020 |access-date=April 20, 2026}}] The performance was later staged at the [[Capital Fringe Festival]] in 2022[{{cite web |last=Pugh |first=Nathan |title=2022 Capital Fringe Review: ''My Father, My Martyr, and Me'' by Fargo Nissim Tbakhi |url=https://dctheaterarts.org/2022/07/16/2022-capital-fringe-review-my-father-my-martyr-and-me-by-fargo-nissim-tbakhi/ |website=DC Theater Arts |date=July 16, 2022 |access-date=April 20, 2026}}] and at Rhizome DC in 2023.[{{cite web |title=Fargo Nissim Tbakhi: My Father, My Martyr, and Me / with special guests niki afsar, Jessica Valoris, leena aboutaleb |url=https://www.rhizomedc.org/new-events/2023/9/myfathermymartyrandme |website=Rhizome DC |access-date=April 20, 2026}}] |
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His short fiction has appeared in [[Strange Horizons]] and [[Apex Magazine]], and his essays and criticism have appeared in the [[Los Angeles Review of Books]] and ''Protean''.[{{cite web |title=12 Worlds Interrupted by the Drone |url=https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/12-worlds-interrupted-by-the-drone/ |website=Strange Horizons |date=September 14, 2020 |access-date=April 20, 2026}}][{{cite web |title=Root Rot |url=https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/root-rot |website=Apex Magazine |date=January 5, 2021 |access-date=April 20, 2026}}][{{cite web |last=Tbakhi |first=Fargo |title=Dispatches from an Unoccupied Future: Reflections on the Palestine Writes Festival |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/dispatches-from-an-unoccupied-future-reflections-on-the-palestine-writes-festival/ |website=Los Angeles Review of Books |date=February 5, 2021 |access-date=April 20, 2026}}][{{cite web |title=Notes on Craft: Writing in the Hour of Genocide |url=https://proteanmag.com/2023/12/08/notes-on-craft-writing-in-the-hour-of-genocide/ |website=Protean |date=December 8, 2023 |access-date=April 20, 2026}}] He is a recipient of the Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Prize.[{{cite web |title=Migration Studies Project hosting second Writing in Displacement series April 10 |url=https://www.psu.edu/news/liberal-arts/story/migration-studies-project-hosting-second-writing-displacement-series-april-10 |website=Penn State University |date=April 6, 2026 |access-date=April 20, 2026}}] |
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His short fiction has appeared in [[Strange Horizons]] and [[Apex Magazine]], and his essays and criticism have appeared in the [[Los Angeles Review of Books]] and ''Protean''.[{{cite web |title=12 Worlds Interrupted by the Drone |url=https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/12-worlds-interrupted-by-the-drone/ |website=Strange Horizons |date=September 14, 2020 |access-date=April 20, 2026}}][{{cite web |title=Root Rot |url=https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/root-rot |website=Apex Magazine |date=January 5, 2021 |access-date=April 20, 2026}}][{{cite web |last=Tbakhi |first=Fargo |title=Dispatches from an Unoccupied Future: Reflections on the Palestine Writes Festival |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/dispatches-from-an-unoccupied-future-reflections-on-the-palestine-writes-festival/ |website=Los Angeles Review of Books |date=February 5, 2021 |access-date=April 20, 2026}}][{{cite web |title=Notes on Craft: Writing in the Hour of Genocide |url=https://proteanmag.com/2023/12/08/notes-on-craft-writing-in-the-hour-of-genocide/ |website=Protean |date=December 8, 2023 |access-date=April 20, 2026}}] He is a recipient of the Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Prize.[{{cite web |title=Migration Studies Project hosting second Writing in Displacement series April 10 |url=https://www.psu.edu/news/liberal-arts/story/migration-studies-project-hosting-second-writing-displacement-series-april-10 |website=Penn State University |date=April 6, 2026 |access-date=April 20, 2026}}] |