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Ervand Abrahamian is an Iranian-American historian of modern Iran and a professor emeritus at Baruch College, City University of New York. His 1982 book Iran Between Two Revolutions analyzes Iranian political and social change between the Constitutional Revolution and the Islamic Revolution. His lat...
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Leading historian of modern Iran, influential on class, revolution and political movements; high field standing.
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Nikki Keddie was an American historian associated with the University of California, Los Angeles, whose research centered on modern Iran and the wider Middle East. Her subjects included Islamic movements, gender, women, religion, and social change. Her book Roots of Revolution: An Interpretive Histo...
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Major historian of Iran and Middle Eastern movements, respected for scholarship on religion and politics.
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Portrait of the Alcoholic is a 2017 poetry chapbook by Iranian-American poet Kaveh Akbar. The collection serves as his debut and is noted for its candid exploration of personal struggles with addiction, the path to sobriety, and spiritual yearning. Through precise and emotive language, the poems add...
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Kaveh Akbar's debut earned substantial acclaim for vivid addiction imagery and spiritual urgency, with occasional criticism of rhetorical excess.
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Mehryar Mohri is an Iranian-American computer scientist and professor at New York University, also affiliated with Google Research. He is known for foundational work applying weighted automata and finite-state transducers to speech recognition and natural language processing. His research in learnin...
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Weighted automata, kernel methods, and learning theory work are influential; strong Google and NYU reputation.
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Juan Cole is an American historian and public commentator who teaches at the University of Michigan. His scholarship addresses the modern Middle East, Islam, Iran, and the political history of Muslim societies. He is also known for the website Informed Comment and for The New Arabs, a 2014 book abou...
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Prominent Middle East historian and public commentator; scholarly work respected, political commentary polarizes reception.
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Nader Tehrani is an Iranian-American architect, researcher, and educator recognized for his innovative work in digital fabrication and materials. He co-founded the award-winning architecture firm Office dA with Monica Ponce de Leon in 1991. In 2011, he established NADAAA, a Boston-based firm focused...
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America is a 2003 memoir by Iranian American writer Firoozeh Dumas. It recounts her family's move from Iran to California in 1972, when she was seven, and describes language barriers, cultural misunderstandings, family relationships, and American att...
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Popular humorous immigrant memoir, accessible and well-liked, though lighter and less critically ambitious than top entries.
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Nader Ardalan is an Iranian-American architect, planner, and theorist recognized for his research on sustainable and traditional Persian architecture. He is best known as the co-author of the influential 1973 book "The Sense of Unity," which explores the underlying geometric and spiritual principles...
Maz Jobrani is an Iranian American comedian and actor whose work often addresses culture, immigration, family, and the experience of being Middle Eastern American. He was a founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, which was featured in a 2007 Comedy Central special showcasing Middle Eastern...
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Ervand Abrahamian currently leads the Iranian American results with a displayed score of 8.50/10. This is an editorial ranking result for the items included on this page, not a universal verdict for every use case.
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