Azar Nafisi (Persian: آذر نفیسی ; born 1955) is an Iranian writer and professor of English literature. She has resided in the United States since 1997 and became an American citizen in 2008. Nafisi has been a visiting fellow and lecturer at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and served on the Board of Trustees of Freedom House. She is the niece of famous Iranian scholar,...
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Azar Nafisi (Persian: آذر نفیسی ; born 1955) is an Iranian writer and professor of English literature. She has resided in the United States since 1997 and became an American citizen in 2008. Nafisi has been a visiting fellow and lecturer at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and served on the Board of Trustees of Freedom House. She is the niece of famous Iranian scholar,...