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== About the Author ==
== About the Author ==
Iranian Professor at Columbia University, Hamid Dabashi, has written more than a dozen books on Iranian Studies and Comparative. Dabashi was born in 1951 and raised in Ahvaz. He received his education in Iran and then in the United States, where he earned a dual Ph.D. in sociology of culture and Islamic studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard.
Iranian Professor at Columbia University, [[Hamid Dabashi]], has written more than a dozen books on Iranian Studies and Comparative. Dabashi was born in 1951 and raised in Ahvaz. He received his education in Iran and then in the United States, where he earned a dual Ph.D. in sociology of culture and Islamic studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard.


Being the author of numerous articles, he has also delivered many public speeches on topics ranging from Islamism, feminism, globalization, and ideologies and resistance strategies to visual and performing arts in a global context. He has written over 100 chapters, essays, articles, book ''reviews'', and edited four books. His writings have been translated into several languages, and he is a well-known cultural critic.
Being the author of numerous articles, he has also delivered many public speeches on topics ranging from Islamism, feminism, globalization, and ideologies and resistance strategies to visual and performing arts in a global context. He has written over 100 chapters, essays, articles, book ''reviews'', and edited four books. His writings have been translated into several languages, and he is a well-known cultural critic.