Nazanin Boniadi (/ˈnɑːzəniːn ˈboʊnjɑːdi/) Persian: نازنین بنیادی [nɑːzæˈniːn bonjɑːˈdiː]; born 1980) is a British actress and activist. Born in Tehran and raised in London, Boniadi went to university in the United States, where she landed her first major acting role as Leyla Mir in the medical drama General Hospital (2007–2009) and its spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift (2007). Since then, she has played Nora in…
Mandana Zandian, born in Esfahan, Iran in 1971 and graduated from Shahid Beheshti Medical School in 1997. She worked as a researcher at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles for 20 years, specializing in research on aggressive forms of advanced cancers. Dr. Zandian is also a published poet and author actively…
Janet Afary Janet Afary is an author, feminist activist and researcher of history, religious studies and women studies. She is a professor and the Mellichamp Chair in Global Religion and Modernity at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Career She received her M.A. Degree from University of Tehran. In 1991, she received her…
Abbas Amanat, historian, scholar & author, Abbas Amanat (Persian: عباس امانت) is an Iranian-born American historian, scholar, author, editor, and professor. He serves as the William Graham Sumner Professor of History at Yale University and Director of the Yale Program in Iranian Studies. Early life and education Amanat is a graduate of Alborz High School (Tehran, 1966). He received…
Touraj Daryaee (Persian: تورج دریایی; born 1967) is an Iranian Iranologist and historian. He currently works as the Maseeh Chair in Persian Studies and Culture and the director of the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies at the University of California, Irvine Career Daryaee completed his elementary and secondary schooling in Tehran,…
Ervand Abrahamian Ervand Abrahamian[a] (born 1940) is an Iranian-American historian of the Middle East. He is Distinguished Professor of History at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and is widely regarded as one of the leading historians of modern Iran. Early life Ervand Vahan Abrahamian was born in 1940 in Tehran to Armenian parents. He attended three…
Ehsan Yarshater Ehsan Yarshater was a towering figure in the field of Iranian studies. His life was single-mindedly devoted to promoting a wider knowledge and a profound understanding of Iranian civilization. The scope of Professor Yarshater’s career was expansive, spanning teaching, research, publication, public engagement, philanthropy, and much more….
Maestro Mohammad Reza Shajarian Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (Persian: محمدرضا شجريان; Persian pronunciation: [mohæmːæd ɾeˈzɒː ʃædʒæɾiˈɒːn]) (23 September 1940) was an Iranian classical singer, composer and Ostad (master) of Persian traditional music. He is considered “Iran’s greatest maestro of Persian classical music.” Shajarian was also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy, and humanitarian activities. Shajarian was considered as one of…
Home Architecture & Engineering An Iranian entrepreneur An Iranian visionary Fasha Mahjoor Architect-turned-disruptor, Fasha Mahjoor is a renowned visionary celebrated widely for his success in driving critical transformation across a number of life sciences verticals. Around here, he is better known as the architect of Phenomenex, and former colleagues hold his warmth,…
Ava Homa Ava Homa is an acclaimed author , speaker, activist, and faculty member at California State University, Monterey Bay. Her debut novel, Daughters of Smoke and Fire (HarperCollins & Abrams, 2020), was featured in Roxane Gay’s Book Club, the Unplugged Book Box, and Women for Women International. The novel earned a place among…
