Homa Sarshar (Persian: هما سرشار; also Romanized as Homā Sarshār; born 1946) is an Iranian-American author, activist, media personality, and award-winning journalist. She was a columnist for Zan-e-Ruz magazine and the Kayhan daily newspaper between 1964 and 1978.

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Homa Sarshar
Native name	هما سرشار
Born	1946 (age 75–76) Shiraz, Iran
Language	English, Persian
Nationality	Iranian, American
Alma mater	University of Tehran (BA) University of Southern California (MA)
Spouse	Nejat Sarshar
Children	2
Website
homasarshar.com

Early life

Sarshar was born in Shiraz in 1946 to a Jewish family and raised in Tehran. She moved to United States and settled in Los Angeles one year before the Iranian Revolution in 1978. She studied French literature at Tehran University, earning a bachelor's degree in the subject. She later obtained a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California. In 1993, Sarshar joined Human Rights Watch as an adviser.

Awards and honors

Sarshar received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2013. In Iran, the Iranian Women's Organization of Tehran presented Sarshar with a Medal for Special Achievement in Women's Rights.[1][2]

Bibliography

• Book of Now Ruz, Vol. 1–1988
• Book of Now Ruz, Vol. 2–1989
• Iranian Women's Image in Iranian Culture (ed.)–1993
• Iranian Women, Researches and Arts (ed.)–1993
• In the Back Alleys of Exile, 2 volumes–1993
• Women and Family in Iran and Abroad (ed.)–1994
• Women and Politics In Contemporary Iran (ed.)–1995
• Women, Sexuality and Islam (ed.)–1996
• Shaban Jafari, Naab Publishers (2002)
• Terua: The History of Contemporary Iranian Jews - Vol I (1996),ISBN 1883819121
• The History of Contemporary Iranian Jews –Vol II, Center for Iranian Jewish Oral; Chap-i (1996),ISBN 0966129105
• The History of Contemporary Iranian Jews –Vol III, Center for Iranian Jewish Oral; Unabridged edition (1999),ISBN 0966129113
• The History of Contemporary Iranian Jews –Vol IV, Center for Iranian Jewish Oral; Unabridged edition (2000)

References

External Links

• Homa sarshar official website
• Homa Sarshar on Facebook
• Homa Sarshar on Instagram
• Homa Sarshar on Telegram