Ghassem Hasheminezhad or Ghasem Hasheminejad (; September 24, 1940 – April 1, 2016) was a Persian Literary critic, writer, journalist, screenwriter and sufi. Nezhad was the author of the novel âÂÂElephant in the DarkâÂÂ. He was a critic and author who has worked for the Ayandegan newspaper.