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Azadeh Zarei
Azadeh ( fa, آزاده) is a Persian female given name meaning free and free-minded. People named Azadeh include: People * Azadeh Ensha, Iranian-American journalist * Azadeh Moaveni (born 1976), Iranian-American journalist and writer * Azadeh Shafiq ((1951–2011), Iranian royal and journalist * Azadeh Shahshahani, Iranian-American human rights attorney Fictional characters * Azadeh (Shahnameh) Āzādeh ( fa, آزاده; ) is a Roman slave-girl harpist in Shahnameh and other works in Persian literature. When Bahram V, Bahram-e Gur (Bahram V) was in al-Hirah, Azadeh became his companion. She always accompanies Bahram in hunting. Her story ..., a character in Shahnameh of Ferdowsi {{given name Persian feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azadeh Ensha
Azadeh Ensha ( fa, آزاده انشاﻋ, born in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-American journalist who works for ''The New York Times''. The New York Times She has written for the business, foreign, metro, style and culture desks. Personal Fluent in Persian and French, Ensha graduated summa cum laude, from and received a master's degree from theColumbia University Graduate School of Journalism< ...
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Azadeh Moaveni
Azadeh Moaveni (Persian: آزاده معاونى, born 1976) is an Iranian-American writer, journalist, and academic. She directs the Gender and Conflict Program at the International Crisis Group, and lectures on journalism at New York University’s London campus. She is the author of four books, including the bestselling ''Lipstick Jihad'' and ''Guest House for Young Widows'', which was shortlisted for numerous prizes. She contributes to ''The New York Times'', ''The Guardian'', and ''The London Review of Books''. Education Moaveni was born in Palo Alto, California, to Iranian parents, who left Iran before the 1979 revolution. She was educated at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she studied politics and history. At Oakes College, the center of the university's History of Consciousness program, she ran programming at Bayit Elie Wiesel, and served as editor-in-chief of the university's newspaper, ''City on a Hill Press''. She received a Fulbright Fellowship, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azadeh Shafiq
Azadeh Shafiq (1951 – 23 February 2011) was an Iranian royal and a member of the Pahlavi dynasty, being daughter of Ashraf Pahlavi. Following the Iranian revolution that toppled her uncle, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, she exiled in Paris and involved in opposition activities to the Islamic regime in Iran. Early life and education Shafiq was born in 1951. She was the daughter of Ashraf Pahlavi, twin sister of the Shah Mohammad Reza, and her Egyptian second husband, Ahmad Shafiq. She had a brother, Shahriar. Although her parents were divorced in 1960, her father did not return to Egypt and stayed in Tehran to raise his children. She was educated in German school in Tehran and in France. Personal life and activities Shafiq married twice. She married Farshad Vahid in 1972 and they had a son, Kamran (born 1973). She divorced from Vahid in 1975. She later wed a former Iranian military officer. She began to live in Paris following the Iranian revolution. Later her brother joined her and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azadeh Shahshahani
Azadeh N. Shahshahani is an American human rights attorney based in Atlanta. She is legal and advocacy director for Project South. She previously served as president of the National Lawyers Guild and director of the National Security/Immigrants' Rights Project for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia. Early life and education Shahshahani was born in Tehran a few days after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. She received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as article editor for the ''Michigan Journal of International Law''. Shahshahani also has a master's degree in modern Middle Eastern and North African studies from the University of Michigan. Career Shahshahani has worked for a number of years in the U.S. South to protect the human rights of immigrants and Muslim, Middle Eastern, and South Asian communities. She is the author or editor of several human rights reports, including the report ''Imprisoned Justice: Inside Two Immigrant De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azadeh (Shahnameh)
Āzādeh ( fa, آزاده; ) is a Roman slave-girl harpist in Shahnameh and other works in Persian literature. When Bahram V, Bahram-e Gur (Bahram V) was in al-Hirah, Azadeh became his companion. She always accompanies Bahram in hunting. Her story with Bahram is mentioned in other works such as Nezami Ganjavi's Bahramnameh (also known as ''Haft Paykar'') and Al-Tha'alibi, Tha'alibi's ''Ḡorar''. Azadeh appears as Dilaram (heart's ease) in ''Hasht-Bihisht (poem), Hasht-Behest'' by Amir Khusrau. Bahram and Azadeh hunting was a popular subject in Persian miniature, and other media, such as mina'i ware paintings. The moment usually shown is when Azadeh challenges the king to pin a gazelle's foot to its shoulder with an arrow (when raising the foot to scratch itself); Bahram achieves this. References {{Shahnameh Women in Shahnameh Harpists Fictional Greek and Roman slaves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Feminine Given Names
Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the Indo-European family, native language of ethnic Persians *** Persian alphabet, a writing system based on the Perso-Arabic script * People and things from the historical Persian Empire Other uses * Persian (patience), a card game * Persian (roll), a pastry native to Thunder Bay, Ontario * Persian (wine) * Persian, Indonesia, on the island of Java * Persian cat, a long-haired breed of cat characterized by its round face and shortened muzzle * The Persian, a character from Gaston Leroux's ''The Phantom of the Opera'' * Persian, a generation I Pokémon species * Alpha Indi, star also known as "The Persian" See also * Persian Empire (other) * Persian expedition (other) or Persian campaign * Persian Gulf (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
