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A Jewish Iranian Expat Watches the War Unfold
In this episode of Can We Talk?, journalist Roya Hakakian reflects on the conflict, her hopes for Iranians, and what Western feminists can learn from Iranian women.
Iranian Jews pray in a memorial for the slain Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other victims, who were killed in the US and Israel strikes, at Yousefabad Synagogue, in Tehran, Iran, on April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Roya Hakakian is a writer, journalist, and political commentator and the author of Journey from the Land of No, a memoir about growing up Jewish in Tehran during the Iranian Revolution. She and her family fled Iran for the United States in 1985.
In this episode of Can We Talk?, Roya describes what it’s been like to watch the conflict unfold, her hopes for the Iranian people, and what Western feminists can learn from Iranian women.
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