Welcome - خوش آمديد - أهلا وسهلا - Merhabalar

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Islamic studies. Persian language and literature.

Primary research and expertise: Islamic mysticism, Classical Persian poetry and literature,  Politics and governments in the Middle East, translation, the politics of language, the Kabuli dialect, Afghanistan.

I was awarded a master's degree (with highest honors) and a PhD in the fields of Islamic studies and Persian language and literature from the University of California, Berkeley. 

Teaching: University of California, Berkeley: 

• History, cultures, and religions of the Middle East.
• Classical Persian literature
• Islamic mysticism
• Persian poetry
• Persian mystical poetry