A journalist, poet, and painter, CAMELIA ENTEKHABIFARD has been a contributor to the New York Times and O: The Oprah Magazine, and has reported on Iranian and Afghan affairs for Reuters, Al-Nahar, the Village Voice, and Mother Jones, among others. She authored the memoir Camelia: Save Yourself by Telling the Truth–A Memoir of Iran. She holds master’s degrees from New York University’s School of Journalism and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Entekhabifard lives in New York and Dubai.