FORA.tv Speaker - Camelia Entekhabifard

Ms. Camelia Entekhabifard, a journalist and native of Tehran, has been a contributor to O, the Oprah Magazine and has reported on Iranian and Afghan affairs for AP, Reuters, EurasiaNet, the Village Voice, and Mother Jones. In Iran, she wrote for a number of newspapers, including the leading reformist daily, Zan. In 1999 at the age of 26, Ms. Entekhabifard was arrested for her journalistic activities and spent three months in solitary confinement. She currently lives in the United States and spends much of her time reporting from Afghanistan and the Middle East.