Lust, Devotion, and the Binary Code: Sex in Iran

Freelance journalist, author, broadcaster, and public speaker. Born in Iran, she and her family moved to the UK during the 1979 Iranian Revolution. She is a prolific journalist and travel writer who has written for the British and international press including The Times, the Financial Times, Harpers Bazaar, Marie Claire, and The Guardian as well as co-authoring The Lonely Planet Guide to Iran and numerous other guide books. Her journalism has been nominated for an Amnesty Human Rights in Journalism award in the UK, and for a National Magazine Award by the American Society of Magazine Editors in the US, and she has also authored a book, The Cypress Tree: A Love Letter to Iran (Bloomsbury, 2011). She has spoken on Iranian issues at universities, conferences, and peace events, including at New York University for the Iranian Alliances Across Borders conference, a briefing on Capitol Hill, and London University Union at a Campaign Iran peace event, as well as for CND in the UK. An avid commentator, she has appeared on BBC Radio Four's Woman's Hour, Midweek, and The World Tonight; BBC World Service's Outlook; and Channel Four Radio's The Morning Report.