Majid Rafizadeh

Rafizadeh@fas.harvard.edu / majid_rafizadeh@hotmail.com Majid Rafizadeh

Majid Rafizadeh, an Iranian-Syrian, is scholar, political expert and human rights activist. He is president and director of the International American Council on Middle East. Formerly, he served as ambassador for the National Iranian-American Council. Rafizadeh writes columns for Harvard International Review and completed his Fulbright Teaching scholarship in the United States where he taught in the Religious Department at University of California, Santa Barbara. Rafizadeh has previously taught at several universities including Damascus University, University of California Santa Barbara and Islamic University. Majid Rafizadeh is a frequent guest policy analyst on international and U.S. news shows. He also speaks at panel discussions, universities, and interfaith gathering on human rights, democratization and reforms. He conducted research at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and has appeared as a trilingual media commentator- in English, Arabic, and Persian- on broadcasts including CNN, BBC English, France 24 English, Sky News, BBC English 5, ETV, ENEWS, Russian International English TV, BBC English 4, Voice of America (VOA) and public radio on topics related to Syria, Iran, U.S foreign policy, democratization, human rights and the Middle East.. His works have appeared in Foxnews, Aljazeera, The Nation, Huffington Post, Independent, Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, Jadaliyya, Alarabiya, and Alakhbar. His works have appeared on the New York Times, New York Times International Weekly, CNN, Fareed Zakaria GPS, Foreign Policy Magazine, Foxnews, Aljazeera, Huffington Post, The Nation, Jerusalem Post, The Economic Times, USA Today, Harvard International Review, Yale Journal of International Affairs, Independent, George Washington Journal of International Affairs Review, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Haaretz, Foreign Policy Association, Jadaliyya, and Alarabiya, to name a few. His interviews and works have been translated to several languages including French, Spanish, Arabic, Persian and Russian. Languages: English, Arabic, Persian, French, Hebrew and Dari. rafizadeh@fas.harvard.edu majid_rafizadeh@hotmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/majidrafizadeh Twitter: @majidrafizadeh

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