Janet Afary, Another Proud Iranian – American , author, feminist activist and researcher of history

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…

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Another proud Iranian ; Abbas Amanat, historian, scholar & author,

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…

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Yara Shahidi,Actress & producer, Another proud Iranian-American

Yara Shahidi Yara Sayeh Shahidi (born February 10, 2000 ) is an American actress and producer. She began her career as a child, appearing in the films Imagine That (2009), Butter (2011) and Alex Cross (2012). Shahidi gained recognition for her starring role as the oldest daughter Zoey Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022) and its spin-off series Grown-ish…

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Another Proud Iranian , Ervand Abrahamian , historian of the modern Iran

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…

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