List of Iranian women
Appearance
The terms Persian women or Iranian women, used interchangeably, refer to women of Iran (known as Persia outside Iran until 1935).
Notice: As one person may have contributed to more than one field, they can be categorized in multiple areas.
Nobel laureates and nominees
- Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Laureate. (Peace)
- Simin Behbahani, 1997 Nobel prize Nominee. (Literature)
Scientists and Engineers
- Fariba Adelkhah, Director of Research at Centre for International Studies and Research, France. [1]
- Anousheh Ansari, First female space tourist, leading telecommunication entrepreneur, and namesake of the X Prize
- Mina Bissell, Director of UC Berkeley Life Sciences Division. [2]
- Mariam Kamkar, Head of Computer and Information Science Department, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden. [3]
- Majgan Mahjoub, Director of Zooarchaeology Research Center, National Museum of Iran, researcher at museum of natural history at Paris. [4]
- Patricia L. Mokhtarian, Associate Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis. [5]
- Simin Nikbin Meydani, Senior Scientist and Director at Tufts University. [6]
- Manijeh Razeghi, Director, Center for Quantum Devices, Northwestern University. [7]
- Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, Cryptographer, professor of computer science, and head of Telecommunications and Information Technology Research Institute at University of Wollongong
- Nahid Shahmehri, Director of the Laboratory for Intelligent Information, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden. [8]
- Azadeh Tabazadeh, Stanford University scientist from NASA. [9] Article about her in TIME magazine
- Saba Valadkhan, American Association for the Advancement of Science Young scientist award
- Maryam Mirzakhani, Mathematician
- Roya Maboudian, Professor of Chemical Engineering at UC Berkeley
- Mina Farr, Founder, President and Chief Technology Officer of Vivid Medical Inc. holder of 20 U.S. and International patents in Optics, Hewlett-Packard DVD+RW, Intuitive Surgical da Vinci®
- Shirin Dehghan, CEO of Arieso, winner of the 2006 Blackberry Women and Technology Awards
Academics
- Janet Afary, Historian.
- Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer, lecturer at Tehran University (2003 Nobel Laureate).
- Mehrangiz Kar, Lawyer, fellow at Harvard University.
- Jaleh Amouzgar, Iranologist, Professor of Tehran University.
- Lady Amin (Banoo Amin), Jurisprudent and theologian.
- Elaheh Koulaei, Professor of Political sciences, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Tehran University
- Fatemeh Keshavarz-Karamustafa, Chair of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literature Department, Professor of Persian and Comparative Literature, Washington University in St. Louis
- Camila Batmanghelidjh, Psychotherapist.
- Farideh Farhi, Independent Scholar and an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at University of Hawai'i, Mānoa
- Farzaneh Milani, Director of Studies in Women and Gender and Professor of Persian and Women Studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA [10]
- Nayereh Tohidi, Professor and Chair of the Women's Studies Department at California State University, Northridge and Research Associate at the Center for Near Eastern Studies at UCLA, USA [11]
- Taiebeh Hosseinali, Professor and Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, United States.
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- Afsaneh Najmabadi, Professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University.
- Laudan Nooshin, Musicologist and Senior Lecturer at City University of London [12]
- Golbarg Bashi
- Fariba Zarinebaf, Lecturer and Iran expert in the Department of History of Northwestern University, Illinois, USA [13]
- Noushafarin Ansari, Professor at University Of Tehran, Secretary General of Children's Book Council Of Iran
- Simin Karimi, Linguist, University of Arizona [14]
- Saba Safdar, Asst. Professor of Psychology University of Guelph, Chair -International and Cross-Cultural section Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
- Parinaz Parhizi, Professor of Law sciences at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt,winner of the DAAD Price,journalist in German and Switzerland's Newspapers,Cooperation with ZDF(Second German Television).Her latest article [15][1]
Authors and poets
- Sarah Afshar, Writer
- Mina Assadi, Famous poet and author, winner of the Hellman/Hammett awards (human Rights Watch) in New York in the year of 1996
- Sanaz Nikaein, Poet, Poetic Achievement Of The Year Award 2000, Human Rights Activist
- Mahshid Amirshahi, Novelist
- Farzaneh Aghaeipour, Playwright and novelist
- Mastoureh Ardalan, Poet
- Simin Behbahani, Poet and 1997 Nobel prize nominee.
- Simin Daneshvar, Academic, novelist and translator of literary texts from several languages into Persian
- Parvin E'tesami, Poet (classical)
- Forough Farrokhzad, Poet (modern)
- Rabe'e Ghazdari, Poet
- Roya Hakakian, Writer and poet
- Sheema Kalbasi, Poet
- Justine Harun-Mahdavi, German-Iranian writer.
- Rosie Malek-Yonan, Author, actor and director. Author of THE CRIMSON FIELD
- Mahsati, Medieval poet
- Azadeh Moaveni, Writer and journalist
- Shahrnush Parsipur, Novelist
- Zoya Pirzad, Novelist and winner of Hushang Golshiri Award
- Tahereh Qorrat Al-'Ayn, Poet, philosopher and theologist; Seventeenth disciple or Letter of the Living of the Báb (mid 19th century)
- Mahasti Shahrokhi, Novelist
- Farzaneh Khojandi, Tajik poet
- Golrokhsar Safi Eva, National poet of Tajikistan
- Moniru Ravanipur, Writer
- Shokooh Mirzadegi, Novelist, poet and social reformer
- Sholeh Wolpe, Poet, Literary Translator, Playwright
Visual Art
Artists
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