 In July 31, 2014, she asked her readers who lived in Iran to purchase the English versions of her books, as the Persian versions not translated by Mohammed Soleimani Nia are unauthorized.As a result of "Funny in Farsi"'s success, Firoozeh Dumas has been nominated for many awards, including the Thurber Prize for American Humor.Not only was she the first Iranian author to be nominated, she was also the first author from Asia to hold such an honor.