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…
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…
Sudi Farokhnia is a Risk and Audit professional; Co-founder of Iranian American Democrats of California, Elected Delegate to CADEM since 2019, DPOC Central Committee Member, 2020 Elected DNC Delegate CD45, progressive Women Rights activist, a devoted Community Organizer, and Philanthropist. She is also a member of the Language Accessibility Advisory…
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…
Nayereh Esfahlani Tohidi (Persian: نیره توحیدی; born 1951) is an Iranian-born American professor, researcher, and academic administrator. Tohidi is a professor emerita and former chair of gender and women’s studies, and the founding director of the Middle Eastern and Islamic studies (from 2011 to 2021) at California State University, Northridge. She is also a research associate at the…
Mariam Khosravani is the Founder of the Iranian American Women Foundation, an educational nonprofit organization based in Irvine, CA with chapters in Northern California, New York, Los Angeles, and Orange County. Since its inception in 2012, IAWF has hosted multiple leadership conferences, with over 10,000 participants from around the globe….
Maziar Bahari (Persian: مازیار بهاری; born May 25, 1967) is an Iranian-Canadian journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist.He was a reporter for Newsweek from 1998 to 2011. Bahari was incarcerated by the Iranian government from June 21, 2009 to October 17, 2009,[4] and has written a family memoir, Then They Came for Me, a New York Times best seller. His memoir is the basis…
Abbas Malekzadeh Milani (Persian: عباس ملکزاده میلانی; born 1949) is an Iranian-American historian, educator, and author. Milani is a visiting professor of political science, and the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of the Iranian Studies program at Stanford University. He is also a research fellow and co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at Stanford University‘s Hoover Institution.[1][2] In Milani’s book, Lost Wisdom:…
Nikahang Kowsar (Persian: نیکآهنگ کوثر; born 1969), also known as Nik Kowsar is an Iranian-Canadian cartoonist, journalist, and blogger, currently living in Washington, D.C., US. Kowsar was also a reformist candidate for the second term of city council of Tehran in 2003, an election won by the conservative candidates of Abadgaran. He studied Geology at the University of Tehran, and joined Gol-Agha, an Iranian political satire magazine…
Fardad Farahzad (Persian: فرداد فرحزاد, born 1 April 1986) is an Iranian-British journalist, TV presenter and entrepreneur. He is the anchor of 24 With Fardad Farazad on Iran International. He is the founder of YourTime TV, a decentralized Satellite TV channel where users can upload their videos and choose a time slot to broadcast it….
