A personal story of facing war and atrocity in the Middle East. As much as peace seems impossible in the Middle East, we cannot lose hope.
Essays
Improvising in the kitchen, using available raw ingredients, daughter and mom made three different Mediterranean dishes in two hours.
Don’t just book. Be an active researcher. If it is too good to be true, there’s probably a reason.
Traveling with kids is different. Give yourself one complete day to rest. Try to plan one thing a day. It’s Ok you don’t see everything.
Abgoosht means broth and meat in Farsi. Iranians eat the food with special ritual. Here, Azadeh Torabi show us how.
I put together a photography crew to take pictures of happy and fashionable Muslims during the Eid al Fitr celebration.
An innocent question of “where are you from” may provoke an unexpected backlash. How can we address white privilege, friendly and kindly!
The Western media uses “Islam” as news, and Muslims as villains. I wanted to change the narrative through peace journalism.
I started the Fashionable Muslim Women of Eid al Fitr project to answer my curiosity and examine the US media’s treatment of Muslim Americans.
Columbia University students’ demand for Israel divestment, and Tehran University students’ demanded for the flow of information. They both want accountability by their government.
Exhausted with seeing the media’s coverage of Muslims, we decided to redirect the narrative by producing a body of pictures to show Muslim’s pride and happiness under the Fashionable Muslim Women Project.
Fashionable Muslim Women Project was the solution to discuss Muslim women’s agency within the Western media discourse.
The U.S. media showed unfriendly pictures of Muslim women. Sara Jamshidi, Iranian-American peace journalist, challenged the stereotype.
Western media doesn’t feature celebration among Muslims, and insist on depicting the minority group as terrorists.
The Western media portrays Muslim women as villain. In this piece, you’ll read personal story of a woman’s fight against media bigotry.
In Eid al-Fitr, among many other days, Muslim are happy and proud. The Western media ignores to show the Muslim community in positive light.
The Western media carries double standard when it comes to cover Muslim women news.
Walking down the most famous street in Istanbul, we faced with a few amazing experiences.
A poem about the war between Hamas and Israel. Many lives are lost, many hearts are broken. May we have the courage to realize compassion.
The conflict between Palestine and Israel escalates every day. Is there a way to address the conflict with nonviolent communication principles.
Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English poetry, and Ferdowsi, the father of Persian language saved English and Persian literature.
I sent my application to the UW journalism school several times with no success in receiving any reply. I decided to meet the head of the dept.
An old burial ground at the center of London was calming, spiritual, quiet and transformative.
The U.S. toppled the first democratic government in the Middle East. Why shouldn’t they?
Dutilleul, has a remarkable to pass through walls with ease. Read more.
I created Goltune in reaction to my maddening anger of U.S. media poor coverage of Muslim women.
The poet, Jamal Gabobe, published three poetry books about love and Somaliland.
Practicing nonviolent communication needs lots and lots of patience.
Iranian school girls have fallen ill over the released of poisons in classrooms.
In personal stories, Sara Jamshidi compares Iran and the United States controlling women’s bodies.
Fatemeh Sepehri, an outspoken critic of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison.
Hundreds of schoolgirls in several cities in Iran have been mysteriously poisoned, causing a wave of anger.
Women’s History Month is celebrated every year during the month of March.
Islam has a long tradition of expressive sexual conduct, while we Muslims are more conservative than ever.
The best way to support women-led revolution in Iran is exposure.
Why U.S. media, regional powers and big powers are quiet about Iran’s women revolution.
Mahsa Amini’s brutal killing has sparked a worldwide protest in support of women.
Mahsa Amin’s death brings women together to protest mandatory hijab in Iran.
Often times, Muslims are portrayed negative on popular TV shows.
Can halal lifestyle and minimal spending help us with human-made climate disaster?
Similarities between Iran and France on policing Muslim women.
Sara Jamshidi is a pioneer journalist in peace journalism
