Persian. American.
World wanderer.
Tara Jamali is a writer and photographer with a degree in Global Communications.
Trilingual and multicultural, she divides her time between the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. Her areas of interest include art, culture, and travel.
Since completing her graduate thesis on the representation of Middle Eastern women in media, she has found a calling in reporting on feminist issues in the Middle East, particularly the Woman Life Freedom movement in Iran.
Formerly an obituary notice editor at The Boston Globe, her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, The New Feminist, More to Her Story, San Diego Union-Tribune, The New Arab, Inspirelle Paris, and others.
Articles
No Hijab Day Rallies Held in Cities Worldwide in Support of Women Without the Freedom to Choose
Activists gathered in New York and elsewhere to mark No Hijab Day, standing in solidarity with women living under compulsory veiling laws.
"After all these years, awakening is my right" - Iran's lost theatre queens
Shahrzad was one of the pioneering women of Iranian theatre. After Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979, however, her memory faded.
Blog Posts
A Merry Icelandic Christmas
Unlike most countries that celebrate Christmas with a single Santa Claus, Icelandic children are fortunate to have thirteen Jólasveinar, or Yule Lads, visiting them.
Una Pentola d'Oro
Somewhere among sycamore trees and marble columns, in the glassy water of a turquoise-tiled pool, reflections of green, white, and red absorb the rays of a setting sun.