Dr. Nina Ansary is an award-winning Iranian American author, historian and women's rights advocate whose interdisciplinary scholarship focuses on the role of women in Iranian history and the broader implications of structural gender inequality worldwide. She is currently the Director of the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum Women's Leadership Initiative at the University of Cambridge and was previously a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics Centre for Women, Peace, and [...]. Ansary is the author of Jewels of Allah: The Untold Story of Women in Iran and Anonymous Is a Woman: A Global Chronicle of Gender Inequality. Both works have received critical acclaim and multiple awards, including the International Book Award, the Benjamin Franklin Book Award, and the Eric Hoffer Award. Her scholarship has been featured in numerous academic and policy forums and cited in journals addressing women's studies and Middle Eastern history. She is a frequent guest on international media outlets including CNN, the BBC, Sky News, Fox News and NBC's TODAY, and her commentary and work have been featured in Time, The Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast and The Hill. Dr. Ansary speaks regularly at global forums, universities and policy events including the United Nations, Harvard University, Oxford University, and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. Her advocacy and academic contributions have been recognized by numerous institutions. She is the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Barnard College, Columbia University's Trailblazer Award, Girl Up, United Nations Foundation Girl Hero Award, and Columbia University's Outstanding Alumni Award. Dr. Ansary holds a Ph.D. in History and an M.A. in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies from Columbia University. She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Iranian American Women Foundation and the Advisory Board of the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum; an independent non-partisan think-tank based out of the academic community of the University of [...] contact Nina Ansary, please send an email to [...] or connect with her on X/Twitter (@drninaansary) | Instagram (@ninaansary) | Facebook [...]