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Nahid Siamdoust

Nahid Siamdoust is a cultural historian whose work concentrates primarily on the intersection of politics and various modes of cultural production and media forms in Iran and the wider Middle East, with a critical focus on questions of cultural mediation, political power, and social mobilization. Her book, “Soundtrack of the Revolution: The Politics of Music in Iran” was based on her award-winning doctoral dissertation at Oxford University. She is currently the inaugural Ehsan Yarshater Fellow at Yale University’s Program in Iranian Studies at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. Siamdoust holds a B.A. in Political Science and Art History, and a Master of International Affairs from Barnard College and Columbia University, respectively. Prior to her doctorate, she worked as a full-time Iran and Middle East based journalist for TIME Magazine, Der Spiegel, and Al Jazeera English TV.

ARTICLES BY Nahid Siamdoust