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Nahid Angha | |
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Occupation(s) | Scholar, activist, lecturer, translator, and author |
Nahid Angha is an Iranian-American Sufi scholar, author, [1] lecturer and human rights activist, [2] with a focus on women's rights. [3] She is the co-director and co-founder of the International Association of Sufism (IAS), [4] founder of the International Sufi Women Organization, [5] the executive editor of Sufism: An Inquiry. [6] Nahid Angha is the main representative [7] of the IAS to the United Nations (for Non Governmental Organization with the Department of Public Information: NGO/DPI).
Nahid Angha is the daughter of Persian Sufi master Moulana Shah Maghsoud Sadiq Angha [8] [9] the Sufi master of the Uwaiysi lineage. [10] Her mother, Mah Talat Etemad Moghadam, was from a prominent Persian family, and a descendant of Etemad Saltaneh. [11] [12] Angha pursued academic studies at the University of Tehran, Missouri State University, and University of Exeter. She holds doctorate degrees in Psychology and Islamic Studies, and taught as adjunct professor at the Dominican University of California and California Institute of Integral Studies. She created the Building Bridges of Understanding series program with the Dominican University of California that hosted many prominent speakers including the Iranian Nobel Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi. [13] [14]
![]() | A major contributor to this article appears to have a
close connection with its subject. (October 2022) |
Nahid Angha | |
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Occupation(s) | Scholar, activist, lecturer, translator, and author |
Nahid Angha is an Iranian-American Sufi scholar, author, [1] lecturer and human rights activist, [2] with a focus on women's rights. [3] She is the co-director and co-founder of the International Association of Sufism (IAS), [4] founder of the International Sufi Women Organization, [5] the executive editor of Sufism: An Inquiry. [6] Nahid Angha is the main representative [7] of the IAS to the United Nations (for Non Governmental Organization with the Department of Public Information: NGO/DPI).
Nahid Angha is the daughter of Persian Sufi master Moulana Shah Maghsoud Sadiq Angha [8] [9] the Sufi master of the Uwaiysi lineage. [10] Her mother, Mah Talat Etemad Moghadam, was from a prominent Persian family, and a descendant of Etemad Saltaneh. [11] [12] Angha pursued academic studies at the University of Tehran, Missouri State University, and University of Exeter. She holds doctorate degrees in Psychology and Islamic Studies, and taught as adjunct professor at the Dominican University of California and California Institute of Integral Studies. She created the Building Bridges of Understanding series program with the Dominican University of California that hosted many prominent speakers including the Iranian Nobel Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi. [13] [14]