Mehrangiz Kar is a writer, attorney, and activist specializing in women's rights and family law. She is currently a visiting scholar at the Gender and Women's Studies Department of California State University Northridge (CSUN). Prior to this fellowship, she worked as a senior expert at Family Health International (FHI), a Washington DC-based international development organization, which focuses on Islamic law and gender in the Middle East. Having practiced law in the Islamic Republic of Iran for 22 years, she has published numerous books and articles on issues related to law, gender equality and democracy in Iran and abroad. She was formerly a visiting scholar at Harvard University, Brown University, University of Cape Town, Wellesley College, and Brookings Institution. Kar has received several international awards for her human rights endeavors including the Democracy Award by the National Endowment for Democracy; Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize; and the Human Rights First Award.
Artin Afkhami is a rising 3L at the UCLA School of Law. Before law school, Artin worked for the New York Times as an Iran Researcher, where he authored or contributed to over 100 articles on Iranian politics and society. Among other things, he conducted an interview with Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi via Skype while Karroubi was under house arrest, and provided cultural guidance for a Nicholas Kristof video documentary on Iran. Artin earned a master’s degree in international affairs from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and a bachelor’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies from UC Berkeley.
Sherene Razack is a Distinguished Professor and the Penny Kanner endowed chair, in the Department of Gender Studies, UCLA. Her recent books include Dying from Improvement: Inquests and Inquiries into Indigenous Deaths in Custody (2015); At the Limits of Justice: Women of Colour On Terror (2014, ed. With Suvendrini Perera); (2008) Casting Out: Race and the Eviction of Muslims From Western Law and Politics; (2004) Dark Threats and White Knights: The Somalia Affair, Peacekeeping and the New Imperialism. Her area of research is states and racial violence.
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