CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM AND LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
4/2025

FARIAN SABAHI

Professional e-mail: farian.sabahi@uninsubria.it
Personal e-mail: farian.sabahi@gmail.com
Skype: farian.sabahi
https://www.sissco.it/soci/sabahi-farian/
personal website: www.fariansabahi.com
Orcid: 0000-0002-6908-0497

Degrees and qualifications

“Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale” (ASN) (Italian Ministry of Education) as “Associate Professor”; Disciplines: Contemporary History 11/A3 (in 2012 and again in 2021-2023 valid until 8 Jan. 2036).

15/1/1996 - 30/9/1999 PhD in History, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, University of London). Dissertation: The Literacy Corps in Pahlavi Iran (1963-79): Political, Social and Literary Implications supervised by David Morgan (History Dept.) and Richard Tapper (Anthropology Dept.), examined by Emeritus Professor Ann Lambton and Fred Halliday (London School of Economics).

13/7/1995 “Laurea” in Oriental History, Bologna University (110/110 cum laude and distinction).

5/11/1991 “Laurea” in Business Administration, Bocconi University, Milan (dissertation in Economic History, 108/110).

Current academic positions

Since 30/12/2022 Researcher in Contemporary History (ricercatore b, settore concorsuale 11/A3 – Storia contemporanea, S.S.D. M-STO/04), University of Insubria, Department of Human Sciences, Innovation and Territory DISUIT. Teaching (1st semester):
- The Contemporary History and Business of the Middle East M-STO/04 (64 hours, previously The Contemporary History of the Middle East);
- Geopolitics of the Middle East M-STO/04 (32 hours, previously Introduction to the Contemporary History of the Middle East);
- The Contemporary History of the Middle East through its female literature (32 hours).

Since 27/3/2022 Invited Professor in Contemporary History, Accent Global Learning, Rome, teaching Religious and Social Diversity in Rome (42 hours) to students coming from California Universities.

Previous academic appointments

2023-2024
7/3/24 to 15/5/24 Teaching Scenari internazionali contemporanei 3° anno del Corso di laurea in Scienze politiche e delle relazioni internazionali – SPS/04, Università della Valle d’Aosta (22,5 hours).

2022-2023
- Researcher in Contemporary History (ricercatore b, settore concorsuale 11/A3 – Storia contemporanea, S.S.D. M-STO/04), University of Insubria, Department of Human Sciences, Innovation and Territory DISUIT, teaching Relazioni internazionali dell’Europa Orientale e del Medio Oriente M-STO/04.

2022-2023 (1st semester) Adjunct Professor, History and Politics of Contemporary Iran (PL 359 – 45 hours) and Introduction to News Reporting and Writing (DJRN 221-2 – 45 hours), John Cabot University, Rome.

2019-2022 Adjunct Professor, Insubria University: States Economy and Global Markets M-STO/02, 36 hours, 2021-2022; International Relations of the Middle East M-STO/04, 64 hours, 2021-2022; Seminar Journalism between rights and liberties (attività didattica integrativa), 16 hours, 2020-2021; States Economy and Global Markets M-STO/02 (35 hours), 2019-2020; Seminar Journalism between rights and liberties (attività didattica integrativa, 16 hours), 2019-2020.

2010-2021 Adjunct Professor, University of Valle d’Aosta, Faculty of Political Sciences: “Relazioni internazionali I – Modulo Le relazioni internazionali in Medio Oriente” SPS/04 – 28 hours – 2nd semester 2010/2011; “Politica ed economia dei Paesi del Medio Oriente” SECS-P/02 – 22,5 hours (3 CFU) – 2nd semester 2011/2012; “Crisi internazionale e ruolo della diplomazia: analisi di casi di attualità – Modulo II” SPS/04 – 22,5 hours (3 CFU) – 2nd semester 2013/2014; “Crisi internazionale e ruolo della diplomazia: analisi di casi di attualità – Modulo II” SPS/04 – 22,5 hours (3 CFU) – 2nd semester 2014/2015; “Crisi internazionali e ruolo della diplomazia: analisi di casi di attualità – Modulo II” SPS/04 – 22,5 hours (3 CFU) – 2nd semester 2015/2016; “Seminario – Le relazioni internazionali nell’area mediorientale” SPS/04 – 22,5 hours (3 CFU) – 2nd semester 2016/2017; “Seminario – Le relazioni internazionali nell’area mediorientale” SPS/04 – 22,5 hours (3 CFU) – 2nd semester 2017/2018; “Seminario – Le relazioni internazionali nell’area mediorientale” SPS/04 – 22,5 hours (3 CFU) – 2nd semester 2018/2019; “Seminario – Le relazioni internazionali nell’area mediorientale” SPS/04 – 22,5 hours (3 CFU) – 2nd semester 2019/2020; “Seminario – Le relazioni internazionali nell’area mediorientale” SPS/04 – 22,5 hours (3 CFU) – 2nd semester 2020/2021. Seminario “Il Medio Oriente nelle relazioni internazionali: Yemen ed Arabia Saudita”, 14 hours, within the course “Relazioni internazionali – modulo I”, 2011/2012; Seminario “Relazioni internazionali nel Medio Oriente” within the course “Relazioni internazionali”, 12 hours, 2012/2013.

2020-2021 Adjunct Professor, Ca’ Foscari Venice, Culture as Mediation [10 hours of teaching formalized as seminars: “The veil as political symbol parts 1-2”; “Literature as a key to understand the History of Iran”; “Women and Art in the Islamic Republic of Iran parts 1-2”].

2018-2019 Adjunct Professor, History and Politics of Contemporary Iran (PL 359 – 45 hours) and Introduction to Islam (45 hours), John Cabot University, Rome.

2013-2014 (2nd semester) Bocconi University, coordination and teaching of the course Middle East focused on the main historical events in the XX century.

2013-2014 Invited professor, School of Public and International Affairs, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Baku: Iranian Politics and History (30 hours).

2013-2014 Lecturer, University of Siena, Master in International Human Rights: Islam and Human Rights.

2006-2013 Adjunct Professor, University of Turin, Faculty of Political Sciences: Islam and Democracy (Sistemi politici comparati), CFU 5, 2006-2007; Islam and Democracy (Sistemi politici comparati), CFU 5, 2007-2008; Islam and Democracy (Sistemi politici comparati), CFU 5, 2008-2009; Cultures and Politics of Islam, CFU 9, 2009-2010; Cultures and Politics of Islam, CFU 9, 2010-2011; Cultures and Politics of Islam, CFU 9, 2011-2012;
Faculty of Humanities: History of Islamic Countries LOR/10, CFU 6, 2011-2012; History of Islamic Countries LOR/10, CFU 6, 2012-2013;

2002-2012 Senior lecturer (suppléante chargée de cours), University of Geneva, Faculté des Lettres, Unité d’Arabe: L’évolution politique et sociale en Iran au XXème siècle, 2002-2003; Histoire de l'lran dès 1890, 2009-2010; Histoire de l'lran à travers son cinéma, 2010-2011; Yémen: Histoire, politique, société, 2011-2012.

2005-2006 Adjunct Professor, Human Rights’ History: Western or Universal Rights? CFU3, 15 hours, University of Siena, Master in International Human Rights, dir. Marcello Flores.

2008-2009 Adjunct Professor, Sapienza Rome, Faculty of Oriental Studies: History of Modern and Contemporary Iran.

2007-2008 Lecturer at the School of State Police, Alessandria (Italy): Intercultural communication with a focus on the Muslim world.

2007-2008 Lecturer, University of Campobasso, Master on the Enlargement of Europe to the South of the Mediterranean.

2003-2005 Lecturer, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan: 2003 - corso perfezionamento FSE Immigrazione (20 hours); 2004 - corso perfezionamento FSE Immigrazione (8 hours); 2005 - corso perfezionamento FSE Immigrazione (16 hours).

2003 Researcher (permanent position) at the Institute of Iranian Studies (Vienna) directed by Prof. Dr. Bert Fragner (declined).

2001-2002 post-doctoral fellow (assegno di ricerca), Economic History Dept., Bocconi University, Milan, teaching the extracurricular course Capire l’Islam (Understanding Islam) in 5 steps: “Islam, economia e radicalism” (7 March 2002), “L’Islam, i media e la democrazia” (14 March 2002), “L’Islam e le donne” (21 March 2002), “L’Islam e la medicina” (11 April 2002), “L’Islam e la musica” (18 April 2002).

Direction or participation to the activities of a research group characterized by national or international cooperation

Since 2023 Member of the research group “Yemen under the rule of Imam Yahỵ ā, 1904 through 1948: A critical assessment of the sources "triggered by Marieke Brandt (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna), Valentina Sagaria Rossi (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton), Sabine Schmidtke (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton), and Jan Thiele (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid). Within this research group, I am writing about the trip of the Yemeni delegation to Italy in summer 1927.

Responsibility of scientific studies and research fund provided by qualified public or private institutions:

1. 2001 Funds provided by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to organise the conference on the Caucasus and Central Asia at the Graduate Institute of International Studies (IUHEI), Ginevra. Being the academic in charge of organising the conference, I also edited the volume published by Ashgate in 2004.

2. 2002 Funds provided by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to organise the conference on Shi’i Islam beyond Iran with Prof. Silvia Naef, Unité d'Arabe, Faculté des Lettres, Geneva University. Being one of the academics in charge, I also edited the volume published by Peter Lang in 2007.
PhD committees

Since 2023 Member of the PhD committee, (anno accademico 2023/2024, ciclo XXXIX del dottorato di ricerca in “Diritto e Scienze Umane – Law and Humanities”, afferente al Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e per l’Innovazione del Territorio), Insubria University.

17 May 2007 PhD examiner, Turin University, examining PhD candidate Rosita Di Peri. Her dissertation (in Italian) in Political Science and International Relations was on Democracy in the Middle East. The case of Lebanon. She was supervised by Prof. Michelguglielmo Torri (Contemporary Historian).

Teaching at PhD level

1. Lecture addressed to doctoral students, organised by Prof. Giulia Daniele, Instituto Universitario de Lisboa (14 March 2024).
2. Conference on Iranian Contemporary History, Middle East and North Africa Seminar Series for doctoral students, organised by Prof. Giulia Daniele, Instituto Universitario de Lisboa (16 February 2023 - online).
3. “Con la rivolta delle donne in Iran”, Sapienza Università di Roma, Dottorato in Filosofia, Seminario permanente in filosofia, studi di genere, pratiche delle differenze 2021-2022, discussion with PhD candidate Sajjad Lohi (Sapienza University), organised by Caterina Botti and Elettra Stimilli, Rome (6 December 2022).
4. “La Guerra santa nell’Islam”, seminar La guerra. Modelli e rappresentazioni, V ciclo del Dottorato di ricerca in Scienze storiche, Università degli Studi di San Marino, Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici, University Repubblica di San Marino (4 June 2002).

Direction or participation to editorial committees

Member of the editorial board of Il Mestiere di Storico directed by Prof. Barbara Bracco.

Member of the scientific committee of the series Passato Prossimo directed by Prof. Paolo Bertella Farnetti.

Honors

August 2020 Intensive course online on Yemen, Yemen Exchange (2 weeks, 8 hours a day).

April 2014 Intensive Persian Language Training Program (one week), Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Exeter (Program sponsored by BIPS, the British Institute of Persian Studies).

2014 Grant (Sapienza University, Rome) for the publication of the monograph: History of Yemen (forthcoming 2024).

2012 Grant (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy) for the research “Gender Issues after the Yemeni Spring”, published in the volume After the Yemeni Spring. A Survey on the Transition, ed. by Anna Maria Medici, Urbino Research Team on International Relations and Human Development (Milan: Mimesis, 2012).

2002 Funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to organize the conference on Shi’ism (with Prof. Silvia Naef, Unité d'Arabe, Faculté des Lettres, Geneva University).

2001 Funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to organize the conference on the Caucasus and Central Asia at the Graduate Institute of International Studies (IUHEI).

1st Sept. 2001 - 31st August 2002 Fellow (“assegno di ricerca SECS- P/12 STORIA ECONOMICA”) on Free Trade Zones in the Persian Gulf, Institute of Economic History at Bocconi University. Within this fellowship, I lectured Understanding Islam – after 9/11 (also with a few invited speakers). Further funds were granted for: 1) Visiting fellowship (30 March – 3 April 2002), University of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, teaching (3 days) Democracy and Education in the Middle East; 2) Research trip to Yemen (7-18 May 2002) at the Centre français d’archeologie et de sciences sociales de Sanaa, invited by the Director Prof. François Burgat.

Oct. 1999-Oct. 2002 Visiting Fellow in History (invited by the historian Prof. M.-R. Djalili), Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva.

1999-2001 Post-Doctoral Grant (on buy-back oil contracts in the Islamic Republic of Iran), funded by Bologna University, Dept. of Economics (Prof. Alberto Clò).

1999 CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome) - NATO Fellowship for Syracuse University, The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public, Department of Political Sciences (two months).

1999 Central Research Fund, additional field-work award to travel to Iran (one month).

1998 Central Research Fund, additional field-work award to travel to Washington D.C. and search the National Archives (one month).

1997 CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome), fellowship for research to be conducted at SOAS (3 months).

1997 Central Research Fund, additional field-work award to travel to Iran (one month). 1996/97 Scholarship from Bologna University for SOAS (one academic year).
1996 Scholarship from Columbus University, Ohio, to attend a summer intensive course of Persian language (3 months).

1995/96 Scholarship from Bari University for research at SOAS (one academic year).
20-26 April 1995 Scholarship, XLIII Settimana internazionale di studio su “Il Caucaso: cerniera fra culture dal mediterraneo alla Persia (secoli IV-XI), Centro Italiano di Studi sull’Alto Medioevo, Spoleto.

Areas of specialization

Pahlavi Iran; Education in Iran 1963-79; The Teheran Children (Polish refugees in Iran during WW2); History of Yemen in the XX century; current political and economic issues in Iran, Yemen, Uzbekistan; Introduction to Islam; Shi'i Islam; Gender issues in the Muslim world

Research interests

Leftist movements in Iran (1970s); Travels in Iran and Yemen in early XX century; Tribes and nomads in Iran; Religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East.

PUBLICATIONS

Books (authored)

1. Storia dello Yemen (monograph on Yemen in the twentieth and twenty-first century) with a specific focus on the Yemeni Spring, the current war between Saudi Arabia and the Huthi rebels (belonging to the Shia community of the Zaydi school), and gender issues (women have been deeply involved in the Arab Spring and on this occasion advanced their demands for human and civil rights). Istituto per l’Oriente C.A. Nallino, Rome 2021, 320 pages. ISBN 9788897622741

2. Storia dell’Iran 1890-2020, Il Saggiatore, Milan 2020. 532 pages. This book is a detailed monograph exploring the history of Iran from the end of the Qajar dynasty up to the Covid-19 pandemic. ISBN 9788842827689.

3. Il bazar e la moschea, Bruno Mondadori, Milan 2019. This book explores the deep economic and political links between the merchants and the mullahs, as to explain the most important events in the history of Iran since the “tobacco revolution” of 1890-92. 350 pages, ISBN 9788867742073.

4. Storia dello Yemen, Bruno Mondadori, Milan 2010. This book is a detailed monograph exploring the history of Yemen from the end of the 19th century up to Abdallah Salah’s presidency. 192 pages, ISBN 9788861594081.

5. Storia dell’Iran 1890-2008, Bruno Mondadori, Milan 2009. This book is a detailed monograph exploring the history of Iran from the end of the Qajar dynasty up to the presidential elections of 2009. First edition 2003, second edition 2006, 266 pages, ISBN 8861592392. See number 1 above for the most recent, amply revised edition.

6. Islam: l’identità inquieta dell’Europa. Viaggio tra i musulmani d’Occidente, Il Saggiatore, Milan 2006. This book is the result of fieldwork in the mosques of seven European countries, where the author discussed with the imams and members of the Muslim communities. The main issues are the construction and funding of new mosques, the use of specific cemeteries, halal food, religious education, family law, the veil. Though listed amongst “journalistic books”, this essay is based on original research, that is on interviews with Muslim leaders in France, Switzerland, England, Sweden, Belgium, Germany and Spain. 326 pages, ISBN 8842812838.

7. The Literacy Corps in Pahlavi Iran (1963-1979): Political, Social and Literary Implications, Sapiens, Lugano 2007. This monograph is based on diaries, autobiographies and novels written in Iran by the literacy corpsmen involved in teaching in rural areas (within the so-called White Revolution) during the 1960s and 1970s, on the Iranian and foreign literature read in those two decades by the corpsmen, on documents collected in archives – Public Record Office in London, the National Archives at College Park Maryland, the Foundation of Iranian Studies at Bethesda Maryland, UNESCO archives in Paris, the International Bureau of Education in Geneva – between 1996 and 1999; and on interview held in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Iran, Italy and Pakistan in the same period. The information found in the written sources have been supported by oral history sources. 340 pages, ISBN 9788883800023.

8. La pecora e il tappeto: economia tribale in Azerbaigian. Il caso dei nomadi Shahsevan, Ariele, Milan 2000. This monograph is the result of a research, completed under the supervision of anthropologist Richard Tapper, on the Shahsevan nomads in the Iranian region of Azerbaijan. The book also analyses the case of the White Tent Programme under Muhammad Reza Shah, that is an educational programme brought by the Pahlavi authorities amongst the nomads. The author had done original research in the UNESCO archives in Paris, finding historical material of the 1950s and 1960s. 160 pages, ISBN 8886480741.

Books (edited)

1. The Other Shiites: From the Mediterranean to Central Asia, edited by F. Sabahi, S. Naef and A. Monsutti, Peter Lang, Berna 2007. This book offers a survey of the other Shiite outside Iran, with a focus on their diversity and multiplicity in the last two centuries, the public affirmation of their identities through specific rituals and social attitudes. 266 pages, ISBN 9783039112890.

2. The OSCE and the Multiple Challenges of Transition in the Caucasus and Central Asia (1991-2001), edited by F. Sabahi and D. Warner, Ashgate, Aldershot 2004. In the wake of 9/11 and the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Caucasus have moved to the forefront of the international political agenda. At the same time, the events since 9/11 have had a major impact on Central Asia and the Caucasus and external actors’ engagement in the region; 204 pages, ISBN 0754636062.

Book chapters

1. “Il diritto di voto alle donne in Iran”, in Raffaella Baritono and Vinzia Fiorino (eds.) Il voto alle donne: una storia globale, Il Mulino, Bologna (2025).

2. “Saggio introduttivo”, in Thaddée de Skowroński, Alla corte dello Scià. Il mio viaggio in Persia in occasione dell’incoronazione di Reza Shah Pahlavi, Ibis, Como-Pavia (forthcoming 2025).

3. “L’arte come forma di resistenza per le iraniane”, in di L. Facchin e M. Ferrario (eds.) Donna Arte Società. Pratiche estetiche femministe dalla metà dell’Ottocento a oggi/ Woman Art Society. Feminist Aesthetic Practices from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present, atti del convegno internazionale di studi (Varese, Villa Toeplitz, 7-8 marzo 2024), Ledizioni, Milan (forthcoming 2025).

4. “The trip of the Yemeni delegation to Rome in 1927, in the context of the Italian-Yemeni relations in the 1920s”, in Marieke Brandt, Sabine Schmidtke, Jan Thiele (eds.), Yemen Between Tradition and Modernity. The Rule of Imam Yahya Hamid al-Din (1904-1948), to be published in a volume by De Gruyter in the series “Studies in Modern Yemen” (forthcoming).

5. “L’Iran e la rivoluzione degli Ayatollah”, in Lorenzo Meli, Luciano Valent (eds.), Anni cruciali. La fine della guerra fredda e l’inizio del nuovo ordine mondiale, in the series Storia internazionale dell’età contemporanea (ed. by Prof. Antonio Varsori, Padova Univ.), Franco Angeli, Milan (2024).

6. “L’Arabia meridionale tra Stretto di Hormuz e Bab al-Mandeb”, in Carlo Cereti (ed.)
L’Iran contemporaneo, Francesco Brioschi Editore, Milan (2023).

7. “Non solo ‘morte agli USA’. Le ragioni storiche della diffidenza iraniana nei confronti di inglesi e russi”, in Luciana Borsatti, Iran. Il tempo delle donne, Castelvecchi, Milan (2023).

8. “La guerra civile libanese. Una cronologia” (in English and Italian), in Gabriele Basilico Ritorni a Beirut 1991 2003 2008 2011, ContrastoBooks, 2023.

9. “Decifrare la posizione iraniana sul nucleare”, in FORUM CeSPI (Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale) Il Mediterraneo allargato, una regione in transizione: conflitti, sfide, prospettive, Donzelli, (2023).

10. “Iran”, “Yemen”, “Uzbekistan”, “Kirghizistan”, “Turkmenistan”, “Kazakhstan”, “Tagikistan”, “Pakistan” in Atlante Geopolitico Treccani, Rome (2022).

11. “Nasrin Sotoudeh” in Il libro dell’anno 2019, Treccani, Roma, pp .434-435 (2019).

12. “Sunniti-sciiti: una guerra fratricida”, in Luigi Ippolito (ed.) Che cos’è l’ISIS. Il califfo, i suoi eserciti, la sua ideologia, RCS MediaGroup, Milan, pp. 157-173 (2015).

13. “Iran, Iranian Media and Sunnite Islam”, in Brigitte Maréchal and Sami Zemni (eds.), The Dynamics of Sunni-Shia Relationship. Doctrine, Transnationalism, Intellectuals and the Media, Hurst, London, pp. 163-177 (2013).

14. “Gender issues after the Yemeni spring”, in Anna Maria Medici (ed.), After the Yemeni Spring. A Survey on the Transition, Urbino Research Team on International Relations and Human Development, Mimesis Milan, pp. 90-99 (2012).

15. “Le sfide dello Yemen tra differenze religiose e questione femminile”, in Giampaolo Calchi Novati (ed.), Verso un nuovo orientalismo. Primavere arabe e Grande Medio Oriente, Centro Studi per i Popoli Extra-europei C. Bonacossa – Pavia University, Carocci, Rome, pp. 174-188 (2012).

16. “Iran” in Atlante geopolitico Treccani, Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, Rome (2012).

17. “Il Grande Medio Oriente”, in Diritti umani. Cultura e dignità della persona nell’epoca della globalizzazione. Atlante dei diritti umani, ed. by Marcello Flores, vol. II, UTET, Turin, pp. 999-1041 (2007).

18. “La rivoluzione iraniana del 1979 e la prima fase della Repubblica islamica” in G. Bertolo and G. Romeo (eds.), Alleanze e conflitti nel cono sud dell’Europa. Il ruolo strategico dell’Italia, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, pp. 113-140 (2006).

19. “La rivoluzione iraniana del 1979 e la prima fase della Repubblica islamica” in Valentino Baldacci (ed.), Identità, cultura, civiltà. Europa, America, Islam, Consiglio Regionale della Toscana, Florence, pp. 223-242 (2006).

20. “Iranian Youth and Cartoons in the Islamic Republic under President Khatami” in Jørgen Bæk Simonsen (ed.), Youth and Youth Culture in the Contemporary Middle East, Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus III – 2005, Aarhus University Press, pp. 140-154 (2005).

21. “Oil diplomacy in the Caspian. The rift between Iran and Azerbaijan in summer 2001” in Farian Sabahi and Daniel Warner (eds.), The OSCE and the Multiple Challenges of Transition in the Caucasus and Central Asia (1991-2001), Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 131-148 (2004).

22. “The White Tent programme: Tribal Education Under Muhammad Reza Shah”, in Faleh A. Jabar and Hosham Dawod (eds.) Tribes and Power. Nationalism and Ethnicity in the Middle East, Saqi Books, London, pp. 234-253 (2003).

23. "L'Islam laico degli albanesi. Un enigma balcanico", in Laura Lepri (ed.) Albania questa sconosciuta, Editori Riuniti, Rome, pp. 33-38 (2002).

24. Gender and the Army of Knowledge in Pahlavi Iran”, in Vanessa Martin and Sarah Ansari (eds.), Women, Religion and Culture in Iran, Curzon, Richmond, pp. 99-126 (2002).


Entries in Encyclopedia

1. “Dichiarazione islamica universale dei diritti umani”, “Islam e diritti umani”, “Islam e azione umanitaria” in Dizionario enciclopedico dei diritti umani, UTET, Turin (2006).

2. “Sepāh-e dāneš”, in Encyclopaedia Iranica (ed. by Ehsan Yarshater, 2004).

Articles in academic journals

1. “Rileggere la storia contemporanea dell’Iran per decifrare la battaglia per i diritti”, Annali DISUIT 2021-2023, Insubria University (2024).

2. “Ašraf Dehqāni. Ritratto di una militante iraniana nella sinistra rivoluzionaria nei primi anni Settanta”, in Afriche e Orienti, n. 2, 2022 https://www.aiepeditore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AO_2_2022_Sabahi.pdf

3. “Donna, vita, libertà. Radici storiche delle proteste scatenate dalla morte di Mahsa Amini”, in Quaderni del Dottorato di ricerca in filosofia, Università Sapienza, 2023.

4. “Decifrare la posizione iraniana sul nucleare”, in FORUM CeSPI (Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale) Il Mediterraneo allargato, una regione in transizione: conflitti, sfide, prospettive (April 2022) https://www.cespi.it/it/eventi-attualita/dibattiti/il-mediterraneo-allargato-una-regione-transizione-conflitti-sfide-1 in volume, Donzelli, 2023.

5. “The White Revolution under Muhammad Reza Shah, the establishment of the Literacy Corps in Pahlavi Iran (1963-79) and the spread of Persian language”, in Expressio, n. 5, 2021, Mimesis Milan, pp. 107-117.

6. “Between Media development organisations” and “Traditional forms of communications” in State of the media in Iran, project Media Landscapes (www.medialandscapes.org), European Journalism Centre (EJC), Maastricht, January 2019.

7. “Il ruolo dell'Iran e la componente sciita”, in Il Ponte (Rivista di politica e cultura fondata da Pietro Calamandrei), n. 11 (11/2007), pp. 52-61.

8. “Les échanges économiques entre l’Italie et l’Iran. La coopération dans le secteur automobile”, in Géostratégique (published by IIES, Institut International d'Études Stratégiques de Paris) n. 8 (La politique des Etats de l’Europe et de la Russie au Moyen- Orient), pp. 167-180 (8/2005), http://www.academiegeopolitiquedeparis.com/images/Geo08/8article13.pdf

9. “The Literacy Corps in Pahlavi Iran (1963-79)”, in ISIM Newsletter, n.10, p.19 (2002).

10. “The Literacy Corps in Pahlavi Iran (1963-1979): political, social and literary implications”,
in Cemoti, n. 31 (July 2001), pp. 191-200, http://cemoti.revues.org/712

11. “Interview with Kazempour Ardebili, Ministry of Oil, Iran”, Arab Oil and Gas (16 July 2001).

12. “Le pétrole définit la lutte pour le pouvoir en Iran: le rôle de l'Italie dans le secteur de l'énergie iranienne”, in Géostratégique (published by IIES, Institut International d'Études Stratégiques de Paris), n. 5 (April 2001), pp. 57-69. http://www.academiegeopolitiquedeparis.com/images/Geo05/6sabahi.pdf

13. “La pecora e il tappeto: economia tribale in Azerbaigian. I nomadi Shâhsevan nel XX secolo. Un modello di input/output”, in Rivista di Sociologia Urbana e Rurale (1996, fasc. 49), pp. 85-116.
Reviews

1. Robert Steele, “The Shah’s Imperial Celebrations of 1971. Nationalism, Culture and Politics in Late Pahlavi Iran”, London, I.B. Tauris, 2021, 218 pp.", in Nuovi Autoritarismi e Democrazie: Diritto, Istituzioni, Società (NAD-DIS), Vol. 4, No. 1 (2022).

2. Stephanie Cronin, “Social Histories of Iran. Modernism and Marginality in the Middle East”, Cambridge UP, 2021 in Ricerche di Storia Politica, n. 2, 2022.

3. R. Milano, “L'Italia e l'Iran di Khomeini (1979- 1989)”, Le Monnier, 2021 in Ricerche di Storia Politica, n. 2, 2022.

4. Fariborz Mokhtari, “In the Lion’s Shadow. The Iranian Schindler and his Homeland in the Second World War”, The History Press (2012) in Historia Magistra, n. 8 (2012), pp. 147.

Prefaces

1. Raif Badawi, Mille frustate per la libertà, Chiarelettere, Milan (2015).

2. Raffaele Pettazzoni, La religione di Zarathustra, La vita felice, Milan (2015).

3. Lorenzo Bagnoli and Richard Nava (eds.), Come fare affari in Iran. 100 domande, 100 risposte, Diacron Press, London (2012), pp. 13-17.

4. Valentina Vantaggio, La seduzione del pavone. Le origini dell’alleanza tra Stati Uniti e Iran
(1941-1949), Ornitorinco Ed., Milan (2012), pp. 11-18.

5. Bassam Tibi, Con il velo in Europa, Salerno Ed., Roma, pp. VII-XV (2008).

6. Vali Nasr, La rivincita sciita Iran, Iraq, Libano. La nuova mezzaluna (Italian edition of The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future), Egea-Università Bocconi Editore, Milan, pp. IX- XV (2007).

Selection of other articles

1. “Lettera a Papa Francesco”, in Raffaella Bonsignori (ed.), La Donna. Un volto cento anime, Dossier InLibertà, Anno II, numero 1, March 2021, pp. 155-161.

2. “Il potere e l'Islam” in Il fascino del potere, Il Margine, Trento, 2016, pp. 23-38.

3. “Islam” in Ritanna Armeni (ed.), Parola di donna, Ponte alle Grazie, Milano, pp. 150-152 (2011).

4. “La rivolta araba: banco di prova per l’Occidente”, ItalianiEuropei, n. 4, pp. 33-38 (2011).

5. “La Divina Commedia erede dell’escatologia zarathustrica”, in Dante and Islam, Biblioteca di via Senato, Milan, pp. 31-35 (2010).

6. “Donne in Iran fra emancipazione e diritti negati”, in Cattedra del Mediterraneo. Un percorso attraverso i nodi cruciali dell’area, ed. by V. Trevisan, Centro Pace in Medio Oriente, Milano, pp. 42-49 (2008).

7. “Donne e Corano: storia di un rapporto ambiguo”, in Kos (rivista del San Raffaele) n.6 (2007), pp. 59-67.

8. “Iran in difficoltà dopo il voto del Consiglio di Sicurezza”, in Giano (rivista quadrimestrale interdisciplinare), n. 55 (3/2007), pp. 130-135.

9. “Interview with the Iranian lawyer and activist Mehrangiz Kar on Iranian women and human rights” in East (Europe and Asia Strategies), n. 10 (5/2006), pp. 112-117.

10. “La lettera di Ahmadinejad e un mancato carteggio con Bush”, in Giano (rivista quadrimestrale interdisciplinare), n. 53 (7/2006), pp. 9-16.

11. “Sì la guerra era giusta, ma ora Bush”, interview with Ayatollah Montazeri, in Liberal Risk. Quaderni di cultura geopolitica, n. 7 (2004), pp. 51-54.

12. “La donna musulmana tra Europa e paesi musulmani”, in Gnosis. Rivista italiana di intelligence, n. 8 (2005), pp. 62-70.

13. “Clamoroso! Il direttore di al Jazeera passa alla BBC”, “Stampa imbavagliata nello Zimbabwe”, “Nuova tv Usa in lingua araba per il Medio Oriente”, “La libertà di stampa in Iraq”, “Il boom dei media in Iraq”, “Come cambia il panorama mediatico nei paesi arabi, in particolare in Iraq”, “Gli estremisti islamici bloccano una soap opera ambientata in Afghanistan”, in Luigi Lonati (ed.), Mediateca 2004. Un anno di critica dei media, Radio Svizzera, Lugano, pp. 125-139.

14. “L’istruzione tra religiosi e militari al tempo dello Scià”, Italian and Persian version, in A Oriente. Numero speciale multilingue. Il tempo in Oriente, III, n.7 (2002), pp. 116-119.

15. Up-date of Henry Laoust, Gli scismi nell’Islam, Ecig, Genova (5/2002), pp. 400-420.

16. “Il sistema bancario islamico”, in Etica ed Economia, vol. 2 (2001), n. 2.

17. “L’inquieta identità degli sciiti iracheni”, Afriche e Orienti, n. 1 (2001), pp. 52-54.

18. “Rapporti tra comunità musulmana e Occidente in una prospettiva multiculturale: problemi sanitari ad Asti e Parma”, in Kéiron, n. 6 (3/2001), pp. 142-149.

19. “L'immigrazione afghana in Iran”, in Afriche e Orienti, n. 3-4 (2000), pp. 147-149.

20. “Siria: le prospettive del dopo-Assad”, in Afriche e Orienti, n. 2 (2000), pp. 36-39.

21. “Il Libano tra il ritiro israeliano e la successione di Assad” in Afriche e Orienti, n. 2 (2000), pp. 40-42.

22. “Elezioni legislative in Iran: un laico scavalca i turbanti degli ayatollah”, in Afriche e Orienti, anno 2, n. 1 (2000), pp. 44-46.

23. “Intervista a Mohamed Talbi”, in Afriche e Orienti, n. 4 (1999), pp. 104-105.

24. “Opposizione, vita rurale e cinema pre-rivoluzionario”, in Afriche e Orienti, n. 3 (1999), pp. 54-56.

25. “Iran, i libri dell’anniversario”, in Afriche e Orienti, n. 3 (1999), pp. 66.

Further papers available on Internet

1. “Petrolio, debiti e un alleato in meno: i timori iraniani dopo la caduta di Assad. La caduta del regime di Assad in Siria solleva profonde preoccupazioni all'interno della leadership iraniana, delineando scenari nuovi e incerti”, ISPI (Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale), https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/petrolio-debiti-e-un-alleato-in-meno-i-timori-iraniani-dopo-la-caduta-di-assad-194543

2. “Se la montagna non va a Maometto. L'opinione di Farian Sabahi”, SACE (the Italian export credit agency), Rome (2014):http://www.sace.it/media/mag-online/mag-online- dettaglio/se-la-montagna-non-va-a-maometto

3. “The economy of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the eve of the parliamentary elections of 2012”, ISPI (Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale) Analysis, Milan (2012): http://www.ispionline.it/it/documents/Analysis_99_2012.pdf

4. “Iran at the Crossroad. The role of the clergy, ISPI Publication, Milan (2010):
http://www.ispionline.it/it/documents/Commentary_Sabahi.pdf

Further books authored

Non legare il cuore. La mia storia persiana tra due paesi e tre religioni, Solferino 2018, 188 pages, ISBN 9788828200109. Autobiography.

Il mio esilio. Shirin Ebadi with Farian Sabahi, e-book for Feltrinelli Zoom 2014 http://www.feltrinellieditore.it/opera/opera/il-mio-esilio/
Paperback Jouvence. This is a long interview with Shirin Ebadi, a former judge and lawyer. On 10 October 2003, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women and children. 52 pages, ISBN 9788878014756.

Noi donne di Teheran, first published as e-book with the Italian daily Il Corriere della Sera 2013. This is a text written for the theatre, partly autobiographic, outlining the history and contradictions of the capital city Tehran, the stories and courage of its women. Paperback in Italian: Jouvence 2014 (58 pages, ISBN 9789978014213). Paperback in French: Paperback in English: We Women of Tehran, Mimesis International, Sept. 2021 (ISBN 9788869773266). Nous femmes de Téhéran, Editions Mimésis Narrations, 2017 (ISBN 9788869760730). New edition (updated) 2022.

Un’estate a Teheran, Laterza, Rome 2006.This book is made of 22 chapters with interviews with the Iranian clergy and civil society, i.e. members of NGOs in Teheran, hojatolleslam Mohsen Kadivar, hojatolleslam Youssefi Eshkefari and Ayatollah Montazeri. This essay is based on original research with Muslim leaders and Iranian intellectuals based in Tehran and Qum. 144 pages, ISBN 9788842081883.

Academic conferences in Italy and abroad

1. “Regional tensions, transformations and disruptions in the Middle East”, Sant’Anna University, Pisa ( 28 March 2025).
2. “Energia e sanzioni. Politica energetica e proiezione regionale dell’Iran”, ISPI, Milan (19 June 2024).
3. “1979: the Iranian Revolution, the hostage crisis, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan”, lectio at festival èStoria Gorizia (26 May 2024).
4. “The Islamic Republic of Iran at the Crossroad. The Fight for Survival”, Iscte, Lisboa (14 March 2024).
5. “Iran on a knife edge: Tehran’s foreign policy since 1979”, Iscte, Lisboa (12 March 2024).
6. “War in the Middle East: regional and global perspectives”, John Cabot University, Rome (20 Febr. 2024).
7. “The contemporary history of Iran. From Reza Shah to the hostage crisis”, invited by Prof. Vinzia Fiorino, Pisa University (7 Dec. 2023).
8. “Il fondamentalismo islamico e l’Occidente. Se fosse fallita la Rivoluzione iraniana del 79”, in Un’altra storia è possibile? Nodi storici del Novecento al vaglio dell’analisi storiografica e dell’utilizzabilità didattica. VIII edizione del Convegno sulla storia e il suo insegnamento nell’era digitale, organised by Prof. Marcello Flores, Auditorium della Fondazione di Piacenza e Vigevano, Piacenza (3 Nov. 2023).
9. “The Iranian nuclear deal (JPCOA). The state-of-the-art and its implications between Diplomacy and Public Security”, 10th Annual Conference on International Studies, CESRAN International, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, and OBSERVARE, Lisbon (12 Sept. 2023).
10. “Energia e sanzioni: politica energetica e proiezione regionale dell’Iran”, Ispi, Milan (23 June 2023).
11. “The current situation in Iran”, hosted by Prof. Nicola Riva, Milan University (4 May 2023).
12. Lecture on the History of Iran, Master students, Unicef, Sapienza, Rome (3 May 2023).
13. “Le proteste nella Repubblica islamica dell’Iran: quali radici e quali prospettive?”, within the Winter School Democracy and Autocracy in Arab, African and Asian Countries, ISPI Think Tank, Milan (1 April 2023).
14. “Italy’s politics towards Yemen in the 1920s. The trip of the Yemeni delegation to Rome in 1927”, workshop Yemen under the rule of Imam Yaḥyā, 1904 through 1948. A critical assessment of the sources, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Social Anthropology (ISA), Vienna (23-24 March 2023)
15. Iran: un paese in rivolta 1890-2023, Università del Salento (15 March 2023 - online).
16. Reading the contemporary history of Iran to understand the current protests, Ispi Think Tank, Milan (7 March 2023).
17. Lecture (2 hours) “International Scenario and Politics”, within the 2nd seminar Specific interest areas analysis, CASD (Centro Alti Studi Difesa, Italian Ministry of Defence), 74th session, Rome (2 February 2023)
18. Lecture “The Contemporary History of Iran”, organised by Prof. Beatrice Pasciuta and Centro per l’innovazione e il miglioramento della didattica universitaria, Palermo University (12 December 2022).
19. Conference “«Donna, vita, libertà!». La condizione delle donne nella letteratura e nella realtà dell’Iran contemporaneo”, organised by Prof. Furio Ferraresi, Dipartimento di Scienze economiche e politiche, Aula Magna, Università della Valle d’Aosta (10 Nov. 2022).
20. “The Tehran Children”, The Annual Conference of the Oral History Society, London Metropolitan University, London, UK London (8-9 July 2022).
21. Lecture The Yemen War (2015-2022). Reasons and actors, Seminars on Asia and the Middle East, chaired by Prof. Elisa Giunchi, Milan State University (23 May 2022 - online).
22. Lecture War in Ukraine and the Middle East, Isral (Istituto per la storia della resistenza e della società contemporanea in provincia di Alessandria), Alessandria (15 March 2022 - online).
23. “Istruzione in Iran: l’esercito del sapere al tempo di Muhammad Reza Shah 1963-79”. Laboratorio Contemporanea Medio Oriente per i corsi di laurea magistrale dell'università L'Orientale organised by Lea Nocera and Daniela Pioppi (14 October 2021 - online).
24. Contribution at the conference on Afghanistan, Guarini Institute, John Cabot University, Rome, organised with Prof. Federigo Argentieri (16 August 2021 – online).
25. Contribution on Iran and Yemen at the conference “Il Medio Oriente dopo Trump”, Guarini Institute, John Cabot University, Rome, organised with Prof. Federigo Argentieri (17 March 2021 – online).
26. “1979: l’incendio del Medio Oriente è destinato a non spegnersi” at the conference Il 1979, crocevia contemporaneo. L’anno delle grandi novità internazionali, Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Studi Storici, organised by Prof. Alfredo Canavero (13 October 2020).
27. “The US and the Middle East. An Evolving Situation” organised with Prof. Federigo Argentieri, Guarini Institute, John Cabot University Rome with Lucio Martino, Viviana Mazza, Pratishtha Singh, Helen Viola (6 November 2019).
28. “Il bazar e la moschea. Cento anni di storia sociopolitica del territorio iraniano contemporaneo”, Florence University, DIDA Dipartimento di Architettura – Dottorato di ricerca in architettura, curriculum in progettazione urbanistica e territoriale, gruppo di lavoro “Iranian Territory” (19 June 2019).
29. Il Novecento a Oriente. Le bombe cadono, gli uccelli cantano. Concerto e serata sull'Iran, festival Est-Ovest and Fondazione Istituto piemontese Antonio Gramsci, Polo del '900, Torino (23 November 2018).
30. Veli di cristallo. Donne e Islam nell’Italia della ricerca scientifica, SISSA University, Trieste (9 May 2018).
31. Bahrein: il fuoco tra due mari e due mondi, University of Turin (9 April 2018).
32. Che cosa sta succedendo in Iran? University of Geneva (19 February 2018).
33. Yémen: un pays en guerre. De l’Arabie heureuse au conflit déclenché par l’Arabie Saoudite en 2015, Université Populaire de Bienne (10 Nov. 2017).
34. Diversity and inclusion, inaugural lecture of the academic year, Università Normale di Pisa (19 October 2017).
35. The Islamic Factor and its Founding Elements, Scuola di applicazione (to the armed forces) Turin (6 September 2017).
36. Seminar on Foreign Fighters, Scuola di applicazione (Italian Ministry of Defence) Turin (30-31 August 2017).
37. Course on the Middle East (4 hours), Campobasso (30 March 2017).
38. Conference on Iran, SDA Bocconi (31 January 2017).
39. “UE-Iran: a New Beginning after the End of the Sanctions”, hosted by Damiano Zoffoli, S&D Group, Vice Chair of the Delegation for relations with Iran, European Parliament, Bruxelles (29 June 2016).
40. Jihadisti della porta accanto, convegno internazionale Comprendere e dialogare sulla paura del terrorismo e le trappole del pregiudizio, Scuola di Psicologia e Scienze della Formazione, Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Educazione, Bologna University (1st March 2016).
41. Lecture (1 and ½ hour) L'empire perse et ses femmes, 18e Rendez-vous de l'Histoire 8/11 Oct. 2015, Auditorium de la Bibliothèque Abbé Grégoire, Blois, France (11 October 2015).
42. Le famiglie in un contesto multiculturale e multireligioso. Cambiamenti, diritti, violenza, inaugural lecture, academic year 2015-2016, with the Dean Prof. Stefano Cavalli, Istituto Studi Ecumenici “San Bernardino” – Venezia, Pontificia Università “Antonianum”, Convento S. Francesco della Vigna, Venice (8 October 2015).
43. Il fascino del potere, with Alberto Maggi (Bible specialist), programme Cattedra del confronto organised by Arcidiocesi, Trento (23 March 2015).
44. Lecture on Education in Pahlavi Iran within the panel Civiltà ed educazione, with Colin Heywood (Nottingham University) and Hsiung Ping-Chen (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Festival èStoria, Gorizia (23 May 2015).
45. The Islam factor and its founding elements and The Islam factor and Western perceptions, course "Stabilization & Reconstruction Senior Management Course (former Senior Course in PCRM)", POST CONFLICT OPERATIONS STUDY CENTRE (Scuola Applicazione, Italian Ministry of Defence), Turin (twice a year in 2015, 2014, 2013).
46. Noi donne di Teheran, Libera Università di Bolzano (10 June 2014).
47. The Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, seminar organised by Prof. Elena Borile and Prof. Roberto Farneti, School of Economics and Management, University of Bolzano, Bolzano (10 June 2014).
48. Islam and the West: Perceptions of the Other, Common Security and Defence Policy seminar, POST CONFLICT OPERATIONS STUDY CENTRE (Scuola Applicazione, Italian Ministry of Defence), Turin (24 May 2013).
49. Beyond Western Imagination: The Representation of the Holocaust in Iran under Ahmadinejad's Presidency, IAGC Conference (International Association of Genocide Scholars), Siena (20 June 2013).
50. Iran between sanction and regional upheaval, School of International Relations, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, invited by Prof. Matteo Legrenzi (17 April 2012).
51. Discussant of Elisabetta Galeotti’s paper “Gli altri e noi: i valori alla prova dei fatti”,conference Le donne e il governo del Paese organised by Fondazione Nilde Iotti, Auletta dei Gruppi Parlamentari, Rome (27 April 2012).
52. El papel de las mujeres en la revolución árabe at the Italian Institute of Culture, Madrid, with Prof. Gema Martín Muñoz (19 April 2012) and at Casa Arabe, Cordoba (20 April 2012).
53. Il ruolo delle donne all’indomani delle primavere arabe e del Nobel per la pace all’attivista yemenita Tawakkul Karman, Polo didattico e culturale di Gorizia, corso di laurea in Scienze internazionali e diplomatiche, corso di Storia e istituzioni dei paesi afroasiatici, Gorizia (21 May 2012).
54. Le primavere nella penisola araba e nel Golfo persico, Settimane della politica, Turin, chaired by Prof. Umberto Morelli (23 May 2012).
55. Seminar on Yemen (historical and social issues), Locarno Hospital, organised by Centro di Ricerche e Studi in Management Sanitario (Ce.Ri.S.Ma.S.), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan (21-22 June 2012).
56. ISIS (International Society for Iranian Studies)2012 conference, Istanbul, chair discussant, panel 94: The Politics of Iran’s Domestic Economy and Global Economic Relations, discussants: Peyman Jafari, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, The Political Economy of Privatization in Iran: State, Power and Class in Transition; Hadi Esfahani, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Iran and the Global Economy; Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, Columbia University, Sanctions, Smuggling and the Cigarette: The Granting of Iran OFAC Licenses to Big Tobacco (4 August 2012).
57. La condizione femminile nel confronto tra culture, Summer School Generazioni2 promoted by Fondazione Nilde Iotti, Reggio Emilia (27 September 2012).
58. The Islam factor and its founding elements and The Islam factor and Western perceptions, course "Stabilization & Reconstruction Senior Management Course (former Senior Course in PCRM)", POST CONFLICT OPERATIONS STUDY CENTRE (Scuola Applicazione), Turin (12 November 2012).
59. Democrazia e mutamenti di regime nei Paesi arabi, africani e asiatici, ISPI Think Tank, Milan (16 November 2012).
60. Los derechos de las mujeres en Irán, y cómo les ha condicionado el fracaso del "movimiento verde", Casa Arabe, Cordoba (20 November 2012) and Casa Arabe, Madrid (21 November 2012).
61. La faillite du mouvement vert iranien: quelles conséquences pour les droits des femmes?, programme «Monde arabo-musulman: langue, culture et société», Université de Genève (4 December 2012).
62. Roundtable Tunisia, Egitto, e dopo? with Massimo Campanini, Paolo Magri and Armando Sanguini, ISPI, Milan (9 February 2011).
63. Il ruolo del clero riformista nel dibattito interno alla società civile iraniana in the conference Il ruolo delle società civili asiatiche nella ricostruzione e nella pacificazione organised by Elisa Giunchi, Milan State University (21 February 2011).
64. Un mondo che cambia. Parte II. Il Medio Oriente, with Amb. Sergio Romano, Osservatorio sul Mondo, Centro Studi di Politica Estera e Opinoine Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan (4 April 2011).
65. Il Medio Oriente: un mondo che cambia, St. Johns American University, Campus Castello Della Rovere, Vinovo, Turin (19 May 2011).
66. Iran at the Crossroads, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv and the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, at the Auditorium Mivtach Shamir in IDC Herzliya Campus, Israel (2 February 2010).
67. Round table Iran: cambiamento o illusione? with Nima Baheli and Elisa Giunchi, ISPI Think Tank, Milan (11 February 2010).
68. Round table Women as agents for change in Muslim-majority countries and in the world, organised by Ethnobarometer, hosted by the Rockfeller Foundation, Bellagio (13-14 March 2010).
69. L’Iran al bivio, University of Valle d’Aosta (22 March 2010).
70. Diplomatic relations between Iran and Yemen. The economic and religious issues at stake presented at the international conference Iran Confronting XXI Century Challenges / L’Iran face aux défis du XXI siècle in honour of Prof. Djalili, IUHEI, Geneva (18-19 June 2010).
71. Satire in Iran: A Long-Lasting Challenge Against Censorship, WOCMES (World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies), Barcelona (within Paolo Branca’s panel on Arab and Islamic Humor (21 July 2010).
72. Society and Politics in Today's Iran at the international conference Iran. Thirty Years on from the Revolution, chaired by Prof. Fred Halliday at Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (12 March 2010).
73. Lecture on Iran at Biennale Democrazia, Turin (24-26 April 2010).
74. Round table Iran: elezioni a trent’anni dalla rivoluzione khomeinista, with Elisa Giunchi, Riccardo Redaelli and Anna Vanzan, ISPI Think Tank, Milan (28 April 2010).
75. The Revolution of 1979 and the Iranian Jewish Community in Israel. A case study, international conference Thirty Years On: The Social and Cultural Impacts of the Iranian Revolution convened at SOAS, London, by Massoumeh Torfeh and Annabelle Sreberny (5- 6 June 2010).
76. Iran, Iranian media and Sunni Islam, international conference on Sunni-Shia Contemporary Relations organised in Bruxelles by Brigitte Maréchal (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium) and Sami Zemni, Ghent University, Belgium (30 September – 2 October 2010).
77. Giornalismo di guerra. il ruolo dell'inviato durante il conflitto in Afghanistan, Università della Valle d’Aosta (15 November 2010).
78. Paper on Naser al-Din Shah’s Safarnameh (diary of his trip to Europe in 1873) and his period in Turin with Vittorio Emanuele II, within the international conference Cosmopolitismo di Cavour: la politica, la diplomazia, il territorio, in the section Cavour e la Persia: un modello italiano di politica internazionale (with Luigi Guidobono Cavalchini, Nerio Nesi, Erminia Ortona, Angelo Michele Piemontese, Lucio Villari and Valerio Zanone) at the Italian Institute of Culture, Paris (12-13 March 2008).
79. Conference with the Iranian philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo, Turin (7 November 2008).
80. Conference on Iran organised by the European Parliament, Bruxelles (9-10 May 2007).
81. Participation to the Arab region Meeting of the Evian Group on Meeting the Challenges of Globalisation. Generating Regional Dynamics & Setting an Agenda, organised in Cairo (19- 20 March 2006).
82. Iran e Asia Centrale: rapporti economici, politici e culturali in the panel Iran, Pakistan e Afghanistan, conference L’Asia Centrale nelle relazioni internazionali, with Elisa Giunchi (Università degli Studi di Milano) and chaired by Prof. Massimiliano Guderzo, Firenze University, Faculty of Political Sciences (19 May 2006).
83. Quali diritti delle donne nella Repubblica islamica dell’Iran, Cassino University (29 September 2006).
84. Participation to the conference Identità, cultura, civiltà: Europa, America, Islam, Polo Universitario delle Scienze Sociali, Florence University. The paper “La rivoluzione iraniana del 1979 e la prima fase della Repubblica islamica” has been published in the volume Identità, cultura, civiltà: Europa, America, Islam edited by Valentino Baldacci, Florence, 2006 (28-29 November 2005).
85. Participation to the international seminar Iranian Challenges in the lights of the presidential elections of 17 June 2005, organised by Walter Posch at ISS (Institute for Security Studies) in Paris (20 May 2005).
86. Discussant at the international conference Donna, agente segreto della postmodernità. Ha nelle mani più destini. Di persone, di opera, chaired by Derrick De Kerckhove, Gemona del Friuli (30 July 2005).
87. Round table Iran´s role in the Greater Middle East. Options for a transatlantic approach, organised by EPC (European Policy Centre), Bruxelles (3-4 November 2005).
88. Libertà di espressione e satira in Medio Oriente. Vignette e politica nella Siria di Bashar e nell’Iran di Khatami, Lugano University (9 January 2003).
89. Lectures on the Middle East at IUHEI, Geneva (29-31 January 2002).
90. “Multiculturalismo e sanità”, in the seminar Medicina delle migrazioni, Prof. Alberto M. Angelici, Sapienza University, Rome (4 March 2002).
91. Four lectures on the Middle East given at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA (30 March – 3 April 2002).
92. Participation to the First Young Evian Plenary Meeting. Young Evian Facing Global Challenges: Perspectives to 2014, organised by Jean-Pierre Lehmann, Director, Evian Group and Professor of International Political Economy, IMD (20-22 September 2002).
93. Chair of the international conference Islam in Switzerland. A Dialogue Between Cultures organised by the Swiss Institute of Culture at the Goethe-Institute in London. Speakers: Francis Piccand (EDA, Political Planning Centre) and Amira Hafner, University of Berne (8 November 2002).
94. The Iranian Youth and Cartoons in the Islamic Republic under President Khatami, international conference Youth and Youth Cultures in the Contemporary Middle East organised by the Danish Institute in Damascus. The paper has been published in the volume Youth and Youth Culture in the Contemporary Middle East, ed. by Jørgen Bæk Simonsen, Aarhus University Press, 2005, pp. 140-154 (13-15 December 2002).
95. “Il presente come storia. Dopo l’11 settembre: dalla guerra allo scontro tra civiltà?”, with Amb. Sergio Romano, introduced by Prof. Franco Amatori, Bocconi University, Milan (23 Oct. 2001).
96. The failure of Iran’s liberalisation policy: Free trade zones as a non-viable solution to the heavy dependence on oil for the international conference organised by MEEA (Middle East Economic Association) at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London (20-22 July 2001).
97. The Role of archives and oral history in the research of education in Pahlavi Iran, School of Oriental and African Studies, London (26 January 1998).
98. Lectures on the Middle East at Bologna University, with Prof. Piercesare Bori and Prof. Alberto Tarozzi (3-6 November 1998).
99. Gender and the Army of Knowledge in Pahlavi Iran at BRISMES conference on Re-thinking Islam, St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, later published in the volume by V. Martin and S. Ansari (eds.), Women, Religion and Culture in Iran, Curzon, Richmond, 2002 (6-9 July 1997).
100. International conference on Dante e l’Islam, on the occasion of the publication of Asin Palasios’s volume Dante e l’Islam, with Maria Corti, Carlo Ossola, Armando Torno, Parma. A revised version of the paper “Zoroastrian elements in Dante’s Divina Commedia”, presented on this occasion has been published in the volume Dante e l’Islam, Biblioteca di via Senato, Milan, 2010, pp. 31-35 (1994).

Organization of academic conference (selection)

1. Iran’s protests. State-of-the-art, John Cabot University, Rome (4 April 2023).
2. Woman Life Freedom:" Forum on and Solidarity with Iranian Women's Movement, Guarini Institute for Public Affairs John Cabot University, Rome (5 January 2023).
3. Il Medio Oriente dopo Trump, co-organised with Prof. Federigo Argentieri, Guarini Institute, John Cabot University, Rome (17 March 2021 – online).
4. The US and the Middle East. An Evolving Situation, co-organised with Prof. Federigo Argentieri, Guarini Institute, John Cabot University Rome with Lucio Martino, Viviana Mazza, Pratishtha Singh, Helen Viola (6 November 2019).
5. Images, representations et perceptions dans les mondes chiites, co-organised with Prof. Silvia Naef (Unité d'Arabe), University of Geneva, (17-19 October 2002), followed by the publication of the volume The Other Shiites: From the Mediterranean to Central Asia, Peter Lang, Berne
6. The Caucasus and Central Asia and presentation of the paper Oil diplomacy in the Caspian. The rift between Iran and Azerbaijan in Summer 2001 IUHEI, Geneva, (7-9 December 2001), followed the publication of the volume The OSCE and the Multiple Challenges of Transition in the Caucasus and Central Asia (1991-2001), edited by F. Sabahi and D. Warner, Ashgate, Aldershot, 2004

Countries in the MENA region visited for research purposes

Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Pakistan, Yemen, Morocco, Tunisia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, UAE, Kosovo, Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman.

Affiliations

• ISPI (Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale), Milan (fellow).
• University of Turin, Department of Humanities (fellow).
• Sissco, Società italiana per lo studio della storia contemporanea.
• Società delle Storiche SIS, Rome.
• Associazione Italiana di Storia Orale AISO.
• Society for Iranian Studies, New York.
• Nilde Iotti Foundation, Rome, aiming at promoting women’s rights.
• Biennale della Democrazia, Turin (member of the scientific committee).
• Guarini Institute, John Cabot University, Rome, 2019 to 2022 (advisor)

Languages

English: reading, speaking, writing (excellent)
French: reading, speaking, writing (excellent)
Italian: reading, speaking, writing (native)
Persian: reading, speaking (good), writing (basic)
German: reading, speaking, writing (basic; 7 years of study: 4 in high school + 3 at university)
Spanish: reading, speaking (basic)

Awards

13 October 2023 Premio Critica liberale sulla Libertà, Stati generali del liberalismo, Roma Meeting Center. This prize is entitled to the Iranian movement Life, Woman, Freedom.

6 October 2023 Premio Internazionale “Città del Galateo-Antonio De Ferrariis”, Premio Insignito Della Medaglia Del Presidente Della Repubblica, con i Patrocini Morali del Senato della Repubblica, della Camera dei Deputati, della Regione Lazio. The motivation of the Premio d’eccellenza cultura donna is: «per la infinita esperienza e le meritevoli attività per la Cultura e l’impegno sociale e in particolare per il libro Noi donne di Teheran».

25 February 2023 Premio Margherita d’Austria per l’impegno sociale e culturale, per il Giornalismo e la Saggistica, Ortona (CH) with the following motivation: «Per aver analizzato, nella su produzione scientifica, le complesse vicende delle donne iraniane, nel pieno rispetto delle problematiche e delle metodologie della Storia contemporanea. E, in particolare, per avere reso comprensibili al largo pubblico queste vicende nel suo libro Noi donne di Teheran».

10 December 2022 Honorary Citizenship of Siracusa, Sicily. This prize was awarded «Per il grande impegno profuso nel promuovere la difesa dei diritti umani e la conoscenza del Medio Oriente – in particolare dell’Iran e dello Yemen – attraverso le sue pubblicazioni accademiche in italiano e in inglese nel settore della Storia contemporanea, insistendo sui diritti delle minoranze religiose e sulle questioni di genere, nonché per essersi distinta come giornalista professionista nella divulgazione del mondo islamico nella sua complessità, coniugando cultura e libertà, rigore scientifico e onestà intellettuale, con un approccio originale e non stereotipato, evidenziando le contraddizioni e superando ogni schematismo».

2019 Premio Giuditta, Alessandria. This prize was awarded for the non-academic book
Non legare il cuore. La mia storia persiana tra due Paesi e tre religioni.

2016 Premio Con gli occhi di una donna, Lions Club Parma Maria Luigia.

2011 Premio Valdo Fusi – Torino Libera Award for Free Thought”, Pannunzio Centre for Free Thought with the following motivation: «The prize serves to distinguish the most significant figures in the city of Turin. Those who receive the prize are non-conformist freethinkers endowed with a critical spirit. According to the city’s best tradition, such prominent people have looked beyond the Alps, following the example of Alfieri, Gobetti, Baretti and Cavour, who were the expression of a cosmopolitan, international and European culture. Farian Sabahi finds her rightful place among the recipients of this award. Indeed, she contributed in a scientific and secular war, to the understanding of the Islamic world. Farian Sabahi is an example of culture, freedom, scientific rigor and intellectual honesty. Her international profile honours Turin and its university».

2010 Amalfi Coast Media Award (Mediterranean) for “her success in overcoming cultural diversity and her ability to make a difference”. The prize was awarded by Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Italian Republic, on 21 January 2011 at Palazzo del Quirinale.
(http://www.premiobiagioagnes.it/edizioni-precedenti/2010/giuria-e-premiati).

12 April 2010 Prize by Associazione Giardino dei Giusti di Milano. The prize was entitled to Neda Agha Soltan, killed in 2009 in Tehran and symbol of the moral resistance of the Iranian youth and their fight for freedom. The prize was awarded by the mayor of Milan Letizia Moratti and the President of the Committee Manfredi Palmieri.

2004 Premio Mustafà Souhir for the original approach in treating multicultural topics in the media (“per la multiculturalità nei media per la capacità di trattare un tema legato alla multiculturalità con un approccio originale e non stereotipato”.

Journalism

Since September 2018 consultant, European Journalism Centre (EJC), Maastricht, on the state of the media in Iran for the project Media Landscapes (www.medialandscapes.org) and publication of the report http://medialandscapes.org/country/Iran

Analysis on the Middle East (politics, culture, economic issues) on Il Corriere della Sera (since 2008), IlSole24Ore (since 1994), il manifesto, Rai Radio Televisione Italiana, LA7 Television, BBC Persian, Radio Popolare, Radio Svizzera (since 1997), the Swiss daily Corriere del Ticino, the Swiss weekly Ticino7.

Documentary movies (Direction)

1. The Children of Teheran (2018, 33') - https://vimeo.com/244229425/cf343eafde - This is a unique event in the history of the Holocaust. They were Polish-Jewish children who were forced to leave Poland and reached the Soviet Union, where they were deported to labour camps and later moved to Uzbekistan (Samarkand, Tashkent, Bukhara). Here they spent time in orphanages and were later transferred to the shores of the Caspian Sea (Turkmenistan and then Iran), Tehran being their final destination. In the Iranian capital they spent the longest period before reaching Palestine. For this very reason, they were called the “Children of Teheran”. The video is part of an installation shown at MAO Museo
d'Arte Orientale in Turin (26 January 2018 – 11 February), MUDEC Museo delle Culture Milan (13 February 2018), Letterando Festival Sciacca (15 June 2018).

2. Out of Place (2008, 23’) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNCwHFn7ezQ - The story of an Iranian woman belonging to the Jewish community of Tehran who, during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), decided to leave Iran and move to Israel. Many years later, sitting in her home in Petat Tikva, near Tel Aviv, she regrets her choice. She misses the warmth of the Iranian people and expresses a desire to return to Iran, where her brother and sisters still live. Rachel’s is the story of an immigrant mother with multiple identities. The story of a woman who suffers a deep loss. She thought she had found her ideal homeland, but it did not live up to her expectations and now, because of her son’s death, she almost hates it. Rachel is a strong woman. She suffers and feels responsible for the choice she imposed on her husband and sons. Her spouse is a minor figure, less aggressive but nevertheless he has his own dignity. In this story, the impulsive young woman contrasts with the thoughtful adult. The filmmaker deliberately leaves the difficult relationship between the Islamic Republic and the Jewish State in the background while her story, triggered by the Iranian revolution, develops. Broadcast on TV Channel SkyTg24 and presented in festivals in Turin (Biennale della Democrazia), Rome, Genoa, Verona, Milan, London, Tel Aviv, Messina (SabirFest 9 October 2015, the theme of the festival will be “Fuori luogo”).

3. Che ne facciamo di Teheran? (What shall we do with Teheran?, 2008, 20’) realized in Israel and broadcast on 6 August 2008 at 11 pm on the satellite channel RaiNews24 (www.rainews24.it)

4. Minareto mille punti. Un viaggio nell'Islam che c'è già (2007, 64') on the controversial construction of a mosque in Colle Val D’Elsa, Siena, funded by the Foundation Monte dei Paschi. Featuring the journalist Edoardo Camurri, directed by Pietro Raschillà, produced by Stefano Pistolini. Presented in Milano (Spazio Oberdan, 10 September 2007) and on the Italian television Nessuno Tv.

Art

Photos exhibition Safar: 2003 Vite appese a un filo
• 20 March to 21 April 2019 MAO Museo d'Arte Orientale, Turin
• 18 June to 18 July 2021 Spazio A, Parma Capital of Culture
Portraits of women, children, men in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, UAE, Yemen, Uzbekistan before 2003 (2003 is a turning point in the contemporary history of the Middle East because on 20 March 2003 the US-led coalition invaded Iraq). On the wall, articles published on the Italian dailies IlSole24Ore, il Corriere della Sera, il manifesto. 30 minutes audio (interviews broadcast by Swiss Radio).

Third Mission (selection)

1. “Iran under 30”, Più libri più libri, Rome book fair (8 Dec. 2023).
2. “Canti, preghiere, resistenze e letteratura; i mille colori della Persia”, Conversazioni in San Francesco, Lucca (25 Nov. 2023).
3. “Noi donne di Teheran”, Non solo l’otto. Giornata internazionale per l’eliminazione della violenza contro le donne. Uno nessuno centomila. Autrici e autori a Tilane, Paderno Dugnano (25 Nov. 2023).
4. “Due Paesi, una storia”, Radici. Il festival dell’identità (coltivata, negata, ritrovata), Circolo dei lettori, Turin, organised by novelist Giuseppe Culicchia (4 Nov. 2023).
5. “Resistenza e Bellezza”, Dialoghi, Festival itinerante internazionale della conoscenza, Polo liceale di Gorizia, schools in Cormons and Turiacco, Friuli (27 Oct. 2023).
6. Festival dell’educazione, Vittorio Veneto (online 20 Oct. 2023).
7. Festival del coraggio, Cervignano del Friuli (13-14 Oct. 2023).
8. Festival libertà negate, Bitonto (7 Oct. 2023)
9. I dialoghi, Trani (21 Sept. 2023)
10. “Elaborare il passato, resistere al presente”, Biblioteca delle donne, Bologna (16 Sept. 2023).
11. Conference, Biscottificio Dogliani, Carrara (28 July 2023).
12. Festival Suq, Genoa (25 June 2023).
13. Emergency (NGO), Ferrara (21 June 2023).
14. Municipio di Varese, organised by Prof. Paola Biavaschi (12 June 2023).
15. “Le rivolte in Iran: prospettiva geopolitica e ruolo dell’attivismo”, Amnesty International, Vieste (4 June 2023).
16. “Monarchie del golfo e Iran. Dal Profeta ai Regni del Golfo: il potere politico in una discendenza”, Festival Genesi 1-11, Vicenza (28 May 2023).
17. “Donne, vita e libertà la svolta rivoluzionaria delle donne nell’Iran”, Festival èStoria, Teatro Comunale G. Verdi, Gorizia (25-26 May 2023).
18. Vittorio Veneto (14 May 2023).
19. Festival internazionale di poesia, Milan (13 May 2023)
20. “Iran. Se la rivoluzione parte dalle donne”, Festival Vicino Lontano, Udine (6 May 2023).
21. “Dedicato alle donne iraniane in lotta per la libertà”, Associazione nazionale partigiani d’Italia, ANPI, Busto Arsizio (25 April 2023).
22. “Teheran, Damasco, Kabul: come l’UE può sostenere la battaglia per la libertà delle donne”, event organised by the European Commission, Festival internazionale di giornalismo, Perugia (23 April 2023).
23. “Donna vita libertà. La via iraniana alla Conquista dei diritti. Conversazione con Farian Sabahi sulla straordinaria mobilitazione che sta attraversando tutta la società iraniana a sostegno dei diritti delle donne”, Auditorium S. Dionigi, Vigevano (15 April 2023)
24. Pavia (30 March 2023).
25. Panorama internazionale. Majid Bita, “Nato in Iran”, with Majid Bita, Book Pride, Milan (11 March 2023).
26. Non rimaniamo in silenzio, Associazioni Femminili, Sala convegni del Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona (9 March 2023).
27. Noi donne di Teheran, Teatro Comunale, Belluno (8 March 2023).
28. Diritti delle Donne tra negazione e declinazione, le sfide in Italia e nel Mondo, Pisa (second session – Testimonies, 6 March 2023).
29. Feminism Festival, Casa internazionale delle Donne, Rome (5 March 2023).
30. Iran. Il coraggio delle donne, Villa Casati Stampa, Cinisello Balsamo (4 March 2023).
31. Insieme per l’Iran. Per la vita e la libertà delle donne iraniane, organised by Amnesty Italia, Circolo dei Lettori, Novara (3 March 2023).
32. Donna vita libertà 8 marzo Giornata internazionale della donna, Teatro Binario, Monza (3 March 2023).
33. Noi donne di Teheran, Coordinamenti donne di Cgil Cisl e Uil, Monza (3 March 2023).
34. Noi donne di Teheran, Accademia Filarmonica e Soroptimist Club, Casale Monferrato (2 March 2023).
35. Storie di donne che resistono. Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen, organised by Associazione Luca Rossi, biblioteca Dergano-Bovisa, Milan (25 February 2022).
36. La lunga marcia delle donne iraniane ieri e oggi, with Prof. Massimiliano Trentin Bologna University and journalist Marina Forti, Cinema Lumière, Bologna (24 February 2023).
37. History, a key to understand the current protests in Iran, Liceo Visconti, Rome (20 February 2023).
38. Iran. Le radici di una rivolta, Ordine degli Psicologi del Piemonte, Turin (13 February 2023).
39. Non siete sole. La vostra voce, la nostra voce (reading), Società Operaia, Porto San Giorgio (12 February 2023).
40. Donne Vita Libertà: Iran oggi, Castello Visconteo, Abbiategrasso (11 February 2023).
41. Iran. Characteristics and peculiarities, Ernst and Young, online (8 February 2023).
42. Non è più solo il velo, organised by the committee Woman Life Freedom, with Pierluigi Bersani (President of the Istituto Storico della Resistenza di Piacenza), Auditorium Fondazione Piacenza e Vigevano, Piacenza (5 February 2023).
43. History as a key to the present, schools in Comune di Priolo Gargallo, Sicily (27 January 2023).
44. Women’s rights in Iran, at the conference "Conoscere per proteggersi: a Bologna un incontro per promuovere l’alfabetizzazione giuridico-economica delle donne in condizione di fragilità”, Ordine notarile, Bologna, (24 January 2023), Comitato Regionale Notarile dell’Emilia Romagna, Consiglio Notarile di Bologna, Cappella Farnese - Palazzo d'Accursio.
45. Lecture (2 hours) Libertà: femminile singolare, Liceo Majorana, Desio (19 Dec. 2022 – online).
46. Conference on Iran, Centro San Francesco, Cividale del Friuli (17 Dec. 2022).
47. Le ragazze di Teheran, Sala Beppe Fenoglio, Alba (15 Dec. 2022).
48. Noi donne di Teheran, Siracusa (12 Dec. 2022). On this occasion, I was awarded the honorary citizenship of Siracuse (read the motivation in “Prizes).
49. “La storia insegna, la politica non impara mai. Le donne bussola dei diritti umani nel mondo. Il caso dell’Iran”, within the conference La forza delle donne organised by No Peace Without Justice and Le Contemporanee with the support of +Europa, Rome (6 December 2022).
50. Conference on Iran, San Salvatore Monferrato (3 Dec. 2022).
51. I diritti delle donne in Iran, Liceo Pigafetta, Vicenza (30 Nov. 2022 – online).
52. Noi donne di Teheran, Biblioteca G. Pederiali, Finale Emilia (27 Nov. 2022).
53. Conference on Iran, Castello Sangiuliani, Mede (26 Nov. 2022).
54. Libere dalla violenza. 25 novembre 2022. Giornata internazionale per l’eliminazione della violenza contro le donne, Teatro Sociale, Busto Arsizio (25 Nov. 2022).
55. Conference on Iranian Women, Formigine (24 Nov. 2022).
56. Violence against Women. The case of Iran, event sponsored by Pomellato, Teatro Manzoni, Milan (22 Nov. 2022).
57. Conference on Iran (supporto alla didattica), Liceo Linguistico Gentileschi, Milano (22 Nov. 2022).
58. Screening of the documentary Radiography of a family by Firouzeh Khosrovani, with Emma Bonino, Andrea Segre, Rayhane Tabrizi, Francesco Virga, Michele Usuelli, Sale Gonfalone e Sala Pirelli, Milan (21 Nov. 2022).
59. Conference on Iran, Fidap, Perugia (15 Nov. 2022).
60. Conference Le ragazze di Teheran, Teatro Miela, Trieste (13 Nov. 2022).
61. Iran: cosa c’è dietro il velo, organised by Missionari comboniani, Verona (8 Nov. 2022 - online).
62. La rivoluzione delle donne in Iran per la Vita e la Libertà, Casa delle Donne, Milan (3 Nov. 2022 – online).
63. Noi donne di Teheran, Cultura e Sviluppo, Alessandria (27 Oct. 2022).
64. . Tale appuntamento dal titolo “Le Valorose – Sante e Streghe”, festival Eredità delle Donne, Manifattura Tabacchi, Florence (22 Oct. 2022 – online).
65. “Senza confini. Premio e studi in memoria di Anna Vanzan”, Ca’ Dolfin, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice (29 Sept. 2022).
66. Presentation of the book “History of Yemen” with Prof. Alberto M. Angelici Sapienza University, Biblioteca Antirazzista Carminella, Rome (26 March 2022).
67. Diritti e azione umanitaria nell’Afghanistan dei Talebani organised by Memorial Italy (attualità e diritti nello spazio postsovietico) with Antonio Donini, Emanuele Giordana, Marco Buttino and Marcello Flores (29 October 2021 – online).
68. L’Iran dopo l’assassinio del generale Soleimani. Quali conseguenze per l’Europa? Organised by Levi Alumni, villa Binetti-Zuccareda, Montebelluna (14 February 2020).
69. Contribution on “The Forgotten Children of Yemen” at the conference on Human Rights organised by Camera dei Deputati, Rome (6 November 2019) Human rights in Muslim countries, Arezzo (7-8 May 2019).
70. “Iran e Yemen. Millenni di storie #Iran”, Circolo dei lettori, Novara (4 April 2019).
71. “Iran e Yemen. Millenni di storie #Yemen”, Circolo dei lettori, Novara (12 April 2019).
72. “Le donne dell’Islam”, festival Voci di donna, Circolo dei Lettori, Novara (29 March 2019).
73. The Special Vehicle Instex and its importance in doing business with Iran, Camera Commercio Estero, Turin (22 March 2019).
74. Contribution do the "Exchange of views on the current human rights situation in Yemen" organised by the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Brussels (24 January 2019).
75. Organisation of the conference and video contribution, Chi vuol distruggere lo Yemen, Circolo della Stampa, Turin (22 January 2019).
76. L'Iran a quarant’anni dalla Rivoluzione, Circolo della Stampa, Torino (14 January 2019).
77. n. 5 Lezioni potenziamento di cittadinanza globale, Convitto Umberto I, Torino (November- December 2018).
78. Le voci scomode dell'Iran a 40 anni dalla Rivoluzione, Il Caffè dei Giornalisti, Circolo della Stampa, Torino, with Rasour Asghari and Mariam Mana living in exile in Paris (28 November 2018).
79. “Un sogno che viene di notte. Una storia tra due Paesi e tre religioni, Femminile Plurale, Pazza Idea, Cagliari (22 Nov. 2018).
80. Liceo scientifico Carlo Alberto, within the festival Scrittori & giovani, Novara (19 Nov. 2019).
81. Yemen: le mille e una sposa, Book City, Milan, with Laura Silvia Battaglia (17 November 2018).
82. “La lotta per la libertà”, Scrittori & giovani, festival internazionale Novara e laghi “La lotta”, Circolo dei Lettori, Novara (17 Nov. 2018).
83. The Children of Teheran, Jewish Community, Casale Monferrato, with Gabriel Levy and Daniel Reichel (11 Nov. 2018).
84. “Non legare il cuore. La mia storia persiana tra due Paesi e tre religioni”, with Marina Beer, Sapienza University, Canta-Libri, Cantalupa (20 Sept. 2018).
85. Non legare il cuore. La mia storia persiana tra due paesi e tre religioni, European cultural festival Lector in fabula, Immaginazione e potere nell’era digitale, Conversano (15 Sept. 2018).
86. The Foreign Fighters coming from Europe, Associazione Salam, Taranto (21 June 2018).
87. Naser-e Din Shah's trip to Europe in late XIX Century, Ivrea, with the Iranian-Dutch writer Kader Adbolah (1 June 2018).
88. Revolutionary Iran, festival èStoria Gorizia, with Prof. Michael Axworthy (19 May 2018).
89. Noi donne di Teheran, Fontanafredda (30 March 2018).
90. I Bambini di Teheran, MUDEC Museo delle Culture Milano (13 February 2018).
91. I Bambini di Teheran, MAO Museo d'Arte Orientale Torino (26 January 2018).
92. Letteratura e società in Medio Oriente, presentazione of the volumes of Persian literature of the publisher Francesco Brioschi Editore with Carlo Cereti, Anna Vanzan and Akbar Gholi, Rome (8 December 2017).
93. Conference on Yemen, Taranto (1 December 2017).
94. Destinazione Golfo persico: negoziazione interculturale e business etiquette, Centro Estero per l'Internazionalizzazione, Turin (28 November 2017).
95. Conference on Iran, Rotary Club Canelli (27 November 2017).
96. Capire il Corano with Farid Adly (author of the book), Turin (16 November 2017).
97. Nei bambini il futuro dell'Islam liberale with Ani Zonneveld (imamah), Torino Spiritualità (22 September 2017).
98. Two events on Iran and Islam in Europe, Festival Versiliana in Marina di Pietrasanta (11 July and 24 August 2017).
99. Course on How to do business in Iran, Studio Padovan, Milan (14 June 2017).
100. Conference Costruire identità with Somali writer and blogger Igiaba Scego, Festival èStoria, Gorizia (28 May 2017).
101. TedxSalon on Yemen, Turin (19 April 2016).
102. Noi donne di Teheran, Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Milan (21 March 2016).
103. Angelo caduto. Amore e violenza, Nomadincontro, Novellara (20 February 2016).
104. Islam e democrazia, Mondi arabi, Sguardi e voci dalla primavera araba alla realtà attuale. Rassegna cinematografica Letture Incontri, Auditorium Biblioteca Loria, Carpi (14 January 2016).
105. Presentation of the book Il mio esilio. Shirin Ebadi con Farian Sabahi with Prof. Anna Vanzan and broadcast of the short Out of place, Saber Festival, Monte di Pietà sala nord, Messina (9 October 2015).
106. TedxBari, Noi donne di Teheran, (Ted Talk on resilience), Bari, Puglia (3 October 2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHjZME3DQV8&t=7s
107. Noi donne di Teheran, with Prof. Anna Maria Baldussi and Dr. Luca Lecis, 7 sere 7 piazze 7 libri, Perdasdefogu (28 July 2015).
108. Conference on Iran with Shirin Ebadi, Castellana Grotte, Bari (19 June 2015).
109. Il potere delle donne arabe, Salone del Libro, Turin (14 May 2015).
110. Condividere culture. Noi donne di Teheran, Festival dei Comportamenti, Lodi (9 May 2015).
111. TedxMilano “Italia. Patria della Bellezza, Letter to Pope Francis, Triennale – Teatro dell’Arte, Milan (18 April 2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjY6MZUGiHQ
112. Noi donne di Teheran, Palazzo Roberti, Bassano del Grappa (9 April 2015).
113. Noi donne di Teheran, Sala degli Affreschi, Municipio di Sommacampagna (5 February 2015).
114. Religioni e violenza: quale dialogo possibile in Medio Oriente? With Prof. Alberto Fabio Ambrosio, Commissione dialogo interreligioso metropolia, Cattedra del Dialogo, Fano (4 January 2015).
115. Noi donne di Teheran, associazione Incursioni di pace, Corte delle Fiandre, Montecchio Maggiore (VI) (22 January 2014).
116. Noi donne di Teheran, IncontrAosta, Aosta (18 April 2013).
117. Noi donne di Teheran, il Circolo dei Lettori, Turin (12 November 2014).
118. Noi donne di Teheran, i colori del libro, Bagno Vignoni (20 Sept. 2014).
119. Una donna per amica. Storie di risposte non violente, di un centro realizzato da giovani donne (Centro donne D.A.L.L.A. Roma e dal Telefono Rosa. With Serena Dandini, Concita De Gregorio, Taiye Selasi, Maram Al-Masri, I had a dream, Festival Letterature 2013, Rome (18 June 2013).
120. Noi donne di Teheran, Unione Lettori Italiani, Iincontri con l’autore, with Prof. Paolo Branca Cattolica University, Sala del Grechetto, Palazzo Sormani, Milan (11 June 2013).
121. Noi donne di Teheran, Festival Il libro possibile, Polignano a Mare (13 July 2013).
122. Noi donne di Teheran, Futura Festival – Officina del Domani – Laboratorio dell’Avvenire, Civitanova Marche (25 July 2013).
123. Religione ed emozione. Vie dell'ansia e vie del cuore verso il divino, Festival letteratura Mantova (7 September 2013).
124. Teheran è donna, Festivaletteratura Mantova (8 September 2013).
125. Noi donne di Teheran, with Antonia Shoraka Islamic Azad University Tehran (online), with students from Istituto di Istruzione Superiore G. Falcone, Teatro San Carlo, Asola, Mantova (30 November 2013).
126. Il fallimento del movimento verde iraniano e le conseguenze per le donne, Associazione culturale CircolarMente, Avigliana (28 November 2012).
127. Stagioni arabe: una rivoluzione fa primavera? Circolo di cultura di Mendrisio e dintorni, Centro scolstico Canavée, Mendrisio (22 November 2012).
128. Noi donne di Teheran, Torino Spiritualità, La cavallerizza, Turin (30 September 2012).
129. Oltre i Muri: da Cuba al Medio Oriente. La sfida per la democrazia, IncontrAosta. Spazio di confronto tra Storia e storie, Cittadella dei giovani, Aosta (16 June 2012).
130. Forum: “Paesaggio Mediterraneo con veli e vele” Donne e libertà dall’Iran alla Tunisia (a cura del coordinamento Nazionale Donne dell’ANPI, Marzabotto (15 June 2012).
131. Storia dello Yemen, Fiera del Libro, Imperia (2 June 2012).
132. The Prophet Muhammad and Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shiism at festival èStoria, Gorizia (theme of the festival: Prophets 20 May 2012).
133. Dallo Yemen, Ali al-Muqri, Salone del Libro, Torino (13 May 2012).
134. Le primavere arabe alla ressa dei conti. Rielaborare l’importanza e la portata delle rivoluzioni che ancora oggi (a un anno di distanza) attraversano l’altra sponda del Mediterraneo, with Riccardo Cristiano, Raffaele Masto, Arturo Varvelli, Festival delle Nuove Resistenze, Anpi, Piacenza (27 April 2012).
135. Venti di primavera. Volti, voci e luoghi delle rivolte arabe, roundtable, Bibliomediateca “Mario Gromo”, Turin (13 April 2012).
136. Il Medio Oriente e le Primavere arabe, Confindustria Como (2 April 2012).
137. Noi donne di Teheran (reading), festival AltreMenti, Rimini-San Marino (13 marzo 2012).
138. Una città nella Storia: Benvenuti a Teheran, Teatro No’hma Teresa Pomodoro, Milan (8 February 2012).
139. Rivolte arabe al femminile. Yemen e non solo, Parolario, Villa Olmo, Como (2 September 2011).
140. “Le donne musulmane, tradizione e modernità”, presented by Prof. Roberto Pellerey, Genoa University, organised by Zonta Club Alassio-Albenga and Associazione culturale Librarsi, Auditorium San Carlo, Albenga (26 March 2011).
141. Medio Oriente: un mondo che sta cambiando, Ville e Castella XV edizione, Festival dello spirito e delle cose nelle terre della provincia di Pesaro e Urbino, Barchi (28 June 2011).
142. Yemen, tra ieri e domani, Suq Festival, Genoa (24 June 2011).
143. Storia dello Yemen, with Prof. Luigi Bonanate, Turin University, hosted by la Feltrinelli piazza CLN, Turin (21 June 2011).
144. Lecture on Iran, Fondazione Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland (10 December 2010).
145. Conference with the Iranian politician and intellectual Jamileh Kadivar, Torino Spiritualità (27 September 2010).
146. Conference with the Iranian artist and intellectual Shirin Neshat, Torino Spiritualità (26 September 2010).
147. Conference on Iran, èStoria Festival, Gorizia (22 May 2010).
148. “L’Islam, il Medio Oriente e la donna”, with Tunisian feminist Amina Sboui, Rovigoracconta, Rovigo (10 May 2010).
149. “Parola, libertà e censura in Medio Oriente”, conference Ti do la mia parola. La promessa della comunicazione, hosted by Associazione culturale ideAli, Centro Congressi Torino Incontra, Turin (18 March 2010).
150. Out of Place: Multiple Identities, Italian Institute of Culture, Tel Aviv (3 February 2010).
151. L’Iran al bivio, Mercoledì letterari. Incontri alla scoperta del nuovo umanesimo, Sheraton Nicolaus Hotel, Bari (27 November 2009).
152. Il mosaico iraniano. La complessità della Repubblica islamica, Incontri del mediterraneo ottava edizione Iran, Rimini Riccione (26 November 2009).
153. Vergini Nere (Schwarze Jungfrauen) di Feridun Zaimoglu e Günter Sengel, organised by Goethe-Institut Italien, Teatro Archivolto, Genoa (21 November 2009).
154. Le donne musulmane tra identità e integrazione, Oltre il silenzio, Giornate internazionali contro la violenza sulle donne, Associazione Armonia e Zonta club Locarno, Aula magna dell’ASP, Locarno (14 November 2009).
155. Il lato poetico e sovversivo del prisma iraniano, Venerdì letterari, Associazione Culturale Italiana, il Circolo dei Lettori Palazzo Granieri, Turin (13 November 2009).
156. L’Iran al bivio dopo il voto di giugno, Un libro per l’Estate. Incontri con gli autori, Finale Ligure (23 August 2009)
157. Iran funesto. La dittatura teocratica di Ahmadinejad e la nuova resistenza dei “fazzoletti verdi” raccontate senza filtri, with Vittorio Emanuele Parsi, Renzo Guolo, Andrea Nicastro, Carlo Panella, CortinaIncontra, Cortina d’Ampezzo (10 August 2009).
158. Incontro sulla libertà d’informazione. La stampa, internet e la censura, Genova città dei diritti (19 July 2009).
159. La donna, ponte tra culture. “Out of Place. Una storia di donna, Coordinamento donne provinciale dello Spi-Cgil, Camera del lavoro di Vercelli (19 March 2009).
160. Dialogue with the Syrian writer Rafik Schami, Festival Letteratura, Mantova (9 Sept. 2006).
161. Il movimento delle donne in Iran. Religione, autonomia, liberazione, with Mehrangiz Kar, Ziba Jalali Naeini, Renzo Guolo, Varchi Festival della Storia (in) contemporanea, Frascati (14 October 2005).
162. Series of lectures in Turin (Fondazione Sandretto), Milan (Bocconi University), Alessandria (Scuola Allievi di Polizia) with the Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Shirin Ebadi (12-19 June 2004).
163. La mia anima è una donna. Il femminile nell’Islam di Annemarie Schimmel, with Prof. Antonio Balletto, Lucy Ladikoff, Alberto Negri, Palazzo Doria Spinola, Genoa (6 March 1998).
164. The Individual in the Global Market. Women Working in unusual markets. Women in the Islam world, international conference Winning Strategies for Working Women in an Era of Globalization, organised by W.I.N. Women’s International Networking Conference, Milan (13 September 1998).