Arlene Voski Avakian

ARMENIAN-AMERICAN ACADEMIC IN WOMEN'S STUDIES

Northampton, MA

Arlene Voski Avakian was born in 1939 to an Iranian Armenian father and a Turkish Armenian mother who was a survivor of the Armenian genocide....
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Payam Ghassemlou

Co-founder of Homan Los Angeles, Psychotherapist, Author

West Hollywood, CA

Payam Ghassemlou was born in 1966 in Tehran, Iran. From a young age, Payam realized he was different from his peers, identifying as gay in...
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Albert Maghbouleh

CO-FOUNDER OF IRANIAN MAGAZINE / ORGANIZATION HOMAN

Los Angeles, CA

Albert Maghbouleh was born in Tehran, Iran on August 20, 1958, to an Iranian-Jewish family surrounded by a tight-knit community. At age 16, he moved...
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Cheryl Qamar

Lebanese-American therapist, former lesbian separatist

Saugerties, NY

Cheryl Qamar was born on October 17, 1950 in Wichita, Kansas, and grew up on the east side of Wichita–the only Arab family on that...
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Mehmet Sander

Turkish Dancer & Choreographer Living with HIV

İstanbul, Turkey

Mehmet Sander was born in Mettman, Germany on January 20, 1967. His family moved to Istanbul when he was 11 months old. Mehmet was surrounded...
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