Majid Rafizadeh<div style="clear:both;"></div> ([[Persian language|Persian]]: مجید رفیعزاده[[Category:Articles containing Persian-language text]])
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| Majid Rafizadeh (Persian: مجید رفیعزاده) | |
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| Born | 25 December 1980[1][2] |
| 🏡 Residence | Washington, DC, United States[1][not in citation given] |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | United States |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Harvard University[1][not in citation given][3] |
| 💼 Occupation | |
Majid Rafizadeh (Persian: مجید رفیعزاده) (born 25 December 1980 in Esfahan, Iran) is the president of the International American Council: on the Middle East and North Africa (IAC), scholar and serves on the boards of Harvard International Review and the US-Middle East Chamber for Commerce and Business.[4][dead link]
Biography[edit]
His father (Muhammad Ali Rafizadeh) is an Iranian Sunni Muslim, and his mother (Amira) is Syrian. Accordingly, growing in different societies, religions, and cultures "gave Majid a distinct, unique perspective and firsthand experience in understanding the Persian and Arab world, the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, as well as the differences between the social, political, ideological, and religious landscapes of the Middle East, Islamic world, and the West".[1][not in citation given]
According to CNN and France 24, several of Rafizadeh's family members have been harassed and killed since the Syrian uprising and civil war, as part of a campaign to silence Rafizadeh for his outspokenness regarding social injustice, gender inequality, freedom, non-democratic, authoritarian governments, and for being a human rights defender and activist. During his childhood, his father was tortured in Damascus by techniques such as "the German chair" (al-Kursi al-Almani) and "the ladder" (sullam), for criticizing corruption and nepotism among the Iranian and Syrian police, secret police, and politicians, as documented by Amnesty International.[1][not in citation given]
Books[edit]
- Rafizadeh, Majid. US Foreign Policy: Understanding ISIS, The Middle East, and The Complexity of The Syrian War (March 2016).
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "حکومت مطلقه، مشروطیت و جمهوریت". Ketab. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ "Majid Rafizadeh - Huffingtonpost". Huffingtonpost. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ "Harvard University Scholar Majid Rafizadeh". 14 October 2015. Harvard University. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ "Harvard International Review". Harvard International Relations Council. Retrieved 14 October 2015.[dead link]
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