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Azar Nafisi, Ph.D.

Executive Director of Cultural Conversations, Foreign Policy Institute Fellow

Based in Washington, D.C.
Rome 731

Background and Education

Served on the faculty at Tehran University and later Allemeh Tabatabai University; as visiting fellow at the University of Oxford, taught on the interactions between Western and Iranian culture; has earned international recognition for advocating on behalf of Iran's intellectuals, youth and especially women; Ph.D., English literature, University of Oklahoma
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Things I've Been Silent About (2008); La Voce Verde (2006); Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (2003); Anti-Terra: A Study of Vladimir Nabokov's Novels (1994); numerous chapters and articles on issues related to promotion of democracy and human rights in Muslim societies, on women's rights and on literature and culture; Reading Lolita has appeared on best-seller lists worldwide, has been translated into more than 30 languages and has won many literary awards, including the 2004 Nonfiction Book of the Year Award from Booksense and the Frederic W. Ness Book Award

  1. January 19, 2013 | NPR

    Azar Nafisi, executive director of Cultural Conversations, appeared on NPR’s “All Things Considered” for a segment titled, “New Reading Standards Aim to Prep Kids For College –but at What Cost?” Listen here

  2. January 15, 2013 | CNN

    Azar Nafisi, executive director of Cultural Conversations, appeared on CNN’s “Christiane Amanpour” show for a segment titled, “Pencils, Notebooks, Guns.” Watch here
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Middle East
Iran
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Culture, Religion and Politics
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