Negar Mottahedeh
Iranian cultural critic and film theorist
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Negar Mottahedeh's Degrees
- PhD Comparative Literature University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Comparative Literature University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Comparative Literature University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Negar Mottahedeh is a cultural critic and film theorist specializing in interdisciplinary and feminist contributions to the fields of Middle Eastern Studies and Film Studies. Early life She is known for her work on Iranian Cinema, but has also published on the history of reform and revolution, on `Abdu'l-Baha's vision of human solidarity and peace in the 20th Century, on Bábism, Qajar history, performance traditions in Iran, the history of technology, visual theory, Majid Tavakoli and the Men in Scarves Movement , and the role of social media in the 2009–2010 Iranian election protests. With the publication of #iranelection: Hashtag Solidarity and the Transformation of online life in 2015, she expanded her focus to the cultures and practices of the web, writing on the political efficacy of selfies, memes and gifs in The Hill , and pieces on internet security and Iranian hacker culture on WIRED's platform Backchannel . She also wrote articles for Observer, covering the effects of President Trump's travel ban, and the persecution of the Jews and the Baháʼí .
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