Melody Moezzi ( fa, ملودی معزی; born March 4, 1979) is an

Iranian-American Iranian Americans are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry or who hold Iranian citizenship. Iranian Americans are among the most highly educated people in the United States. They have historically excelled in busine ...

writer and attorney. She writes and speaks about religion, public health, politics and culture. She is the author of ''The Rumi Prescription: How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life'', ''Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life'' and ''War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims''. Moezzi is a United Nations Global Expert and formerly the Executive Director of the Atlanta-based interfaith nonprofit "100 People of Faith".

Biography

Moezzi has written for ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', CNN, Parabola, ''The Huffington Post'', NPR, and ''Ms.'' magazine, among others. She was a columnist for the short-lived Muslim Girl Magazine. Moezzi speaks openly about having

bipolar disorder Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated mood that last from days to weeks each. If the elevated mood is severe or associated with ...

and is a regular columnist and blogger for ''Bipolar Magazine''. Moezzi has appeared on several television and radio programs, including CNN, NPR, BBC, PRI and Air America. She founded the activist group Hooping for Peace. Moezzi holds degrees from

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Epis ...

Emory University School of Law Emory University School of Law is the law school of Emory University and is part of the University's main campus in Druid Hills, Atlanta, Georgia. It was founded in 1916 and was the first law school in Georgia to be granted membership in the Am ...

, and Emory's

Rollins School of Public Health The Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) is the public health school of Emory University. Founded in 1990, Rollins has more than 1,100 students pursuing master's degrees ( MPH/MSPH) and over 150 students pursuing doctorate degrees ( PhD). Th ...

Publications

Books

* * *''The Rumi Prescription: How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life'',

TarcherPerigee TarcherPerigee is a book publisher and imprint of Penguin Group focused primarily on mind, body and spiritualism titles, founded in 1973 by Jeremy P. Tarcher in Los Angeles. (Tarcher was notably married to ventriloquist Shari Lewis, and his sist ...

(2020).

Awards

* 2007

Georgia Author of the Year Awards Georgia Writers (GW) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that works across the state to encourage and strengthen the proficiencies of writers in both the creative and business aspects of the writing life, and to provide networking opportunitie ...

(GAYA) winner for Creative Non-Fiction (Essay) for ''War on Error'' * 2008

Gustavus Myers Gustavus Myers (1872–1942) was an American journalist and historian who published a series of highly critical and influential studies on the social costs of wealth accumulation. His name has been associated with the muckraking era of US litera ...

Book Award honorable mention for ''War on Error''Gustavus Myers Center Book Awards announcement

References

External links

Official website of Melody Moezzi

Hooping for Peace website

CNN interview
on the

death of Neda Agha-Soltan Neda Agha-Soltan ( fa, ندا آقاسلطان – ''Nedā Āghā-Soltān''; 23 January 1983 – 20 June 2009) was an Iranian student of philosophy, who was participating in the 2009 Iranian election protests with her music teacher, an ...