Majid Rafizadeh

Majid Rafizadeh

Dr. Majid Rafizadeh at Global Discussions, 2015
Born 25 December 1980[1][2]
Residence Washington, DC, United States[1]
Citizenship United States
Alma mater Harvard University[3][1]

Majid Rafizadeh (born 25 December 1980) is an author,[4][5] political scientist,[6] and TV commentator on US foreign policy and the Middle East.[7][3] He is the president of the International American Council and serves on the board of Harvard International Review.[8]

Biography

Rafizadeh commentates on media outlets including CNN, BBC TV and Radio, Fox News, and ABC.[9][10][11][12][13][14] His work has appeared and been quoted in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, CNN, Foreign Policy magazine, Bloomberg News, and Yale Journal of International Affairs. Rafizadeh writes weekly columns.[15][16][17][18][12][19][20]

Rafizadeh earned a Doctorate degree (Ph.D)[1]and has taught in the religious studies department at University of California Santa Barbara.[21]

An American citizen, Rafizadeh has ancestors from Iran and Syria. According to the BBC cover story, a book entitled America: Our Sacred Honor, and Voice of America, Rafizadeh grew up in an ethnically-mixed family. His father is Iranian (Persian), and his mother is Syrian.[21][1][22][23] During his childhood, his family struggled to survive in poverty.[21][22]

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. During his childhood, his father was tortured in Damascus using techniques such as "the German chair" and "the ladder," as documented by Amnesty International.[12][20][21][1][22]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "حکومت مطلقه، مشروطیت و جمهوریت". Ketab. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Majid Rafizadeh - Huffingtonpost". Huffingtonpost. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Harvard University Scholar Majid Rafizadeh". 14 October 2015. Harvard University. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dr. Majid Rafizadeh Books". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Amazon A God Who Hates Women". Finger Prints. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Political Scientist on Syria". CCTV America. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Will Rouhani alter Iran's policy on Syria?". 7 August 2013. CNN. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Harvard International Review". Harvard International Relations Council. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Did Iran just make a big economic mistake?". Heather Long. CNN. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Iran's foreign policy: Issues to watch". Asad Hashim. Aljazeera. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Iranian Americans' views on the Iran deal often fall along generational lines". LA Times. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 AL-ASSAD, BASHAR (1 September 2012). "Syrian scholar says family held by 'fake rebels'". France 24. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  13. ↑ "Video: Studio interview with Majid Rafizadeh on Middle east". CNTV. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  14. ↑ "How Bashar al-Assad took Syria to the brink and beyond". 7 September 2013. CNN. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  15. ↑ "How Bashar al-Assad Became So Hated". 17 April 2013. The Atlantic. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  16. ↑ "Jobs key to Middle East’s revolutionary wave". 7 August 2012. CNN. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  17. ↑ "Majid Rafizadeh Column". 7 September 2013. Aljazeera. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  18. ↑ "The struggle for Syria".
  19. ↑ "Iran's Economic Interests".
  20. 1 2 "For Syrian Shiites, civil war isn't simply rebels vs. government". CNN. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  21. 1 2 3 4 "BBC Outlook". BBC. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  22. 1 2 3 "Voice of America on Majid Rafizadeh". Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  23. ↑ "Milton American-Australian Foundation Rafizadeh" (PDF). Retrieved 14 October 2015.

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