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Roya Hakakian is a writer whose work often deals with the topics of exile, displacement, political and religious persecution, and the struggle of people, especially women, against authoritarianism. She is the author of three books, including Journey from the Land of No and Assassins of the Turquoise Palace, and has written essays and opinion pieces for leading journals and collaborated on documentaries.
Roya Hakakian (Persian: رویا حکاکیان; born 1966) is an Iranian American Jewish journalist, lecturer, and writer. Born in Iran, she came to the United States as a refugee and is now a naturalized citizen.
Roya Hakakian is a journalist, poet and author of books on Iran, including Assassins of the Turquoise Palace, a true crime story of a 1992 terror attack in Berlin, and Journey from the Land of No, a memoir of growing up Jewish in revolutionary Iran. See her books, reviews, awards and media appearances.
Mar 20, 2021 · Roya Hakakian was a teenager when she came to the United States from Iran. she says she hopes her book will help native-born Americans see all the small signs of democracy...
Apr 6, 2023 · Roya Hakakian is the author, most recently, of A Beginner’s Guide to America for the Immigrant and the Curious. Roya Hakakian is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in nonfiction and the...
Sep 25, 2022 · Justice in Stockholm. Thirty-four years after the massacre of political prisoners in Iran, the conviction of Hamid Noury in Sweden has been a victory for accountability and for the truth. I. The tale of the dead In January 2023, the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm, Sweden, began hearing the appeal of an. Read More » February 7, 2023.
Roya Hakakian is a public fellow at American Jewish University and a fellow at Yale University. She is the author of several books, including Journey from the Land of No, about her childhood in Iran, and A Beginner's Guide to America, about her experience as an immigrant.
