Laleh Mehree Bakhtiar (born Mary Nell Bakhtiar; July 29, 1938 – October 18, 2020) was an Iranian-American Islamic and Sufi scholar, author, translator, and psychologist .She produced a gender-neutral translation of the Quran, The Sublime Quran, and challenged the status quo on the Arabic word daraba, traditionally translated as “beat” — a word that she said has been used as justification…
Dr.Parmis Khatibi. A daughter of educators, Parmis was exposed to and embraced science early. Teaching and treating the underserved is also in her DNA. She spends her days with patients fighting opioid addiction and other life-threatening diseases. Away from the clinic, she’s fighting stereotypes and lifting up young women. Dr….
Hooshang Amirahmadi (Persian: هوشنگ امیراحمدی; born May 24, 1947) is an Iranian American academic and political analyst. Amirahmadi is a professor of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, at Rutgers University. He has stepped forward as a candidate for Iranian presidential elections in 2005, 2013 and 2017. Career Amirahmadi is the founder and president…
Nahid Angha is an Iranian-American Sufi scholar, author, lecturer and human rights activist, with a focus on women’s rights. She is the co-director and co-founder of the International Association of Sufism (IAS), founder of the International Sufi Women Organization, the executive editor of Sufism: An Inquiry. Nahid Angha is the main representative, of the IAS to the…
Amir Amini is the Professor and Endowed Chair in Bioimaging at the University of Louisville. Prior to this, he was the founder of the Cardiovascular Image Analysis Laboratory and associate professor at the Washington University in St. Louis. He was elected a fellow of the IEEE (Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society) in 2007, the…
Siamak Aram, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Analytics at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. Dr. Aram received his B.S. Degree in Software Engineering. In December 2007, he was awarded the first prize in the student passive robotic contest organized by Sharif University. Later on, he…
Amir Dabirian Appointed Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Cal State Fullerton administrator Amir Dabirian was appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs, effective immediately. As vice president for information technology and chief information officer, Dabirian’s vision of technological innovation has transformed the university into a model 21st-century…
Abass Alavi (Persian: عباس علوی) is an Iranian-American physician-scientist specializing in the field of molecular imaging, most notably in the imaging modality of positron emission tomography (PET). In August 1976, he was part of the team that performed the first human PET studies of the brain and whole body using the radiotrace. Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). Alavi holds the…
Hossein Omoumi (born 1944) is an Iranian-born master musician of the ney (reed flute) composer, scholar, and teacher of Persian traditional music. He is the Maseeh Professor in Persian Performing Arts in the department of music within the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Biography Omoumi started studying…
Elahe Amani is a renowned gender, peace, and human rights activist with over three decades of experience. She has served California State University System in various capacities, including Director of Student and Academic Technology Services, Lecturer in Women’s Studies Program, and Deputy Director of Title IX. Elahe has been a…
