Saba Soomekh
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Saba Soomekh is an Iranian-born American professor and writer.
Soomekh was born in Teheran, Iran
to a Persian Jewish family that moved to Los Angeles
, California
to escape the Islamic Revolution of Iran. Saba is a sister to actress Bahar Soomekh
. She received her Bachelors degree from the University of California, Berkeley
in 1998 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/saba-soomekh/5/83b/408 and her Masters in Theological studies from Harvard Divinity School
in 2001. Saba earned a Ph. D in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara
. http://www.ajula.edu/Content/ContentUnit.asp?CID=1713&u=7639&t=0 http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=670945232
Saba Soomekh is now a visiting professor at Loyola Marymount University
where she teaches world religions, women and religion and Modern Israel courses. Her focus is on the history of religions, feminist anthropology and Middle Eastern Jewry. She has written extensively on the Iranian Jewish community and on women in the Middle East. Her book "From the Shahs to Los Angeles: Three Generations of Iranian Jewish Women between Religion and Culture" will be published by State University of New York Press. Soomekh has studied in Spain, Jerusalem and India and has traveled extensively through Europe, the Middle East, Central and South America, South East Asia, India and Southern Africa.
Soomekh was born in Teheran, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
to a Persian Jewish family that moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, California
California
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to escape the Islamic Revolution of Iran. Saba is a sister to actress Bahar Soomekh
Bahar Soomekh
Bahar Soomekh is an Iranian-American actress and environmental activist. She began acting in the early 2000s, and is perhaps best known for her roles in the films Crash , Mission: Impossible III , and Saw III .-Early life:...
. She received her Bachelors degree from the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
in 1998 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/saba-soomekh/5/83b/408 and her Masters in Theological studies from Harvard Divinity School
Harvard Divinity School
Harvard Divinity School is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. The School's mission is to train and educate its students either in the academic study of religion, or for the practice of a religious ministry or other public...
in 2001. Saba earned a Ph. D in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
. http://www.ajula.edu/Content/ContentUnit.asp?CID=1713&u=7639&t=0 http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=670945232
Saba Soomekh is now a visiting professor at Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions located in Los Angeles, California, United States...
where she teaches world religions, women and religion and Modern Israel courses. Her focus is on the history of religions, feminist anthropology and Middle Eastern Jewry. She has written extensively on the Iranian Jewish community and on women in the Middle East. Her book "From the Shahs to Los Angeles: Three Generations of Iranian Jewish Women between Religion and Culture" will be published by State University of New York Press. Soomekh has studied in Spain, Jerusalem and India and has traveled extensively through Europe, the Middle East, Central and South America, South East Asia, India and Southern Africa.