• Author suggests ways the divide between the U.S. and Iran can be bridged
• “One of my great-grandfathers had 25 wives and concubines”
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Can technology bridge the divides between the United States and Iran?
In this episode of Bizgnus Interviews, we hear from Afarin Bellisario, an American who grew up in Iran and got her doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
She says her unique background places her squarely at the intersection of technology and society.
Her latest project is a novel, “The Silent Whispers,” that she says tells the story of an Iranian woman's battle for freedom in the early 20thCentrury amid profound societal changes and her forbidden love for a Russian reformer.
Ms. Bellisario says it sheds light on issues such as East-West relations and the over a hundred years of Iranian women’s struggle for independence.
“One of my great-grandfathers had 25 wives and concubines,” she write. “I have a PhD from MIT.”
For more information: https://www.afarin.net/