Nahid Jafari: Tehran's Aggressive Hijab Policy Aims to Create Fear and Division in Society

Alirza Quluncu, Voice of America, April 13, 2024

Nahid Jafari

While the process of legalizing Iran's "Hijab and Modesty" project, which has been a major issue in the country since last year, has not yet been completed, police commanders in various provinces, including Iranian Azerbaijan, have announced that they have entered a new phase of implementing mandatory hijab rules as of April 13.

In an interview with Voice of America, Nahid Jafari, a professor at Farmingdale State College in New York, stated that the Iranian government is pursuing an aggressive policy under the "Hijab and Modesty" project with the goal of creating fear and division in society.

Nahid Jafari: We Organized a Conference to Speak About the Struggles of the Oppressed Nations in Iran

Alirza Quluncu, Voice of America, April 19, 2023

 Nahid Jafari

University lecturer Nahid Jafari recently organized an online conference titled "Women, Life, Freedom: A Multinational Perspective of the Oppressed in Iran" as part of the Artists and Speakers Program at the State University of New York.

Nahid Jafari: Women's Struggle in Iran – From Family Resistance to Confronting the Government

Alirza Quluncu, Voice of America, November 25, 2022

Nahid Jafari

In an interview with Voice of America, Nahid Jafari, a lecturer at Farmingdale State College in New York, discussed the various challenges faced by women in Iran and the processes that led to the current nationwide protests.

Starting a Virtual Book Club to Learn Her Own Language: an Interview with Nahid Jafari

Vahid Qarabagli
The Caspian Post
2 June 2022

What is it like to learn to read and write as an adult? Nahid Jafari, a Ph.D.-holding assistant professor, understands the feeling, as do many other Azerbaijani-Turks from Iran.

Not everyone has to opportunity to learn the grammar of the language they speak at home. In Iran, Farsi is only one language of education, although almost half of Iran's population is not primarily Farsi speaking. Image: Nahid Jafari

Dr. Nahid Jafari is an assistant professor at the State University of New York—Farmingdale. Last year she started an online book club – to learn her own mother tongue. In this group, other Azerbaijani-Turks from Iran like herself come together and learn how to read and write in their primary language. One might ask, how can a person not know how to read the language they first spoke at home? Remember – English, the first language of many, is a mandatory elementary, middle, and high school subject in North America.   

Nahid Jafari: The Bitter Experiences of My School Years in Tabriz Created a Fear of Learning Languages

Alirza Quluncu, Voice of America, February 23, 2022

Nahid Jafari

Professor Nahid Jafari of Farmingdale State College in New York has begun learning her native language, which she was never given the opportunity to read or write in while growing up in Tabriz, through social media. In an interview with Voice of America, she spoke about a Turkish book reading club she runs on the Clubhouse social network, called “Agenda Talks.”