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Roxana Saberi moved to Iran in 2003 to work as the Iran correspondent for the U.S.-based Feature Story News. She filed reports for organizations such as NPR, BBC, ABC Radio and Fox News and was working on a book about Iranian society when she was arrested on January 31, 2009. Saberi was later sentenced to eight years in prison on a trumped-up charge of espionage. In May 2009, an Iranian court overturned the sentence, and she was released.

Since her release, Saberi has joined others in bringing attention to the situation of human rights in Iran. Saberi has spoken at several human rights events; written articles published in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Chicago Tribune; and been interviewed on news programs of organization...more Roxana Saberi moved to Iran in 2003 to work as the Iran correspondent for the U.S.-based Feature Story News. She filed reports for organizations such as NPR, BBC, ABC Radio and Fox News and was working on a book about Iranian society when she was arrested on January 31, 2009. Saberi was later sentenced to eight years in prison on a trumped-up charge of espionage. In May 2009, an Iranian court overturned the sentence, and she was released.

Since her release, Saberi has joined others in bringing attention to the situation of human rights in Iran. Saberi has spoken at several human rights events; written articles published in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Chicago Tribune; and been interviewed on news programs of organizations such as FOX News, ABC, NBC, CBS, BBC, CNN, PRI, NPR, and C-SPAN, as well as shows such as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Saberi has received the Medill Medal of Courage, the Ilaria Alpi Freedom of the Press Award, the NCAA Award of Valor, a POMED (Project for Middle East Democracy) Award, and an East-West Freedom Award from the Levantine Cultural Center. She was named one of Jaycees’ 2011 Ten Outstanding Young Americans and was honored by the Japanese American Citizens League as an “Outstanding Woman.” In September 2011, she was chosen as a “commended” artist for the Freedom to Create Main Prize.

Saberi’s book, Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran, was published by HarperCollins in March 2010. Saberi was also a co-writer of No One Knows About Persian Cats, a film-documentary about underground music in Iran.

Saberi grew up in Fargo, North Dakota, the daughter of Reza Saberi, who was born in Iran, and Akiko Saberi, who is from Japan. She was chosen Miss North Dakota in 1997 and was among the top ten finalists in Miss America 1998. She graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, with degrees in communications and French.

Saberi holds her first master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and her second master’s degree in international relations from the University of Cambridge.(less)

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“امید برای ایران”؛ کنسرتی در حمایت از مردم ایران

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May 21, 2013

برلین به زودی شاهد اجرای کنسرتی متشکل از هنرمندان بین‌المللی و ایرانی با هدف حمایت از مردم ایران خواهد بود. رکسانا صابری، خبرنگار ایرانی-آمریکایی که مدتی در ایران زندانی بود، از اجراکنندگان این برنامه است.

هفتم ژوئن ۲۰۱۳ (۱۷ خرداد) در سالن “ولودروم” شهر برلین ستاره‌های بین‌المللی خارجی و ایرانی در کنار هم هنرنمایی می‌کنند. به گفته آنته زیرا، سخنگوی این برنامه، “همدردی...

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	Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 630 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prigioniera in Iran 4.57 of 5 stars 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Roxana Saberi said: "The beginning is quite good and moves along quickly, but the middle slows down and gets a little too much into dry details. He has some pretty amazing access to the reformists and conservatives. Good insight into Iranian society, too."

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Roxana Saberi rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr. read in September, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book is filled with inspiring speeches by the brilliant orator and explains his firm belief in nonviolent resistance. Also sheds light on the different stages of the civil rights movement and his personal life.
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A good combination of HH the Dalai Lama's wisdom and insights backed up with biological and scientific knowledge. I would've liked some more direct quotes from the Dalai Lama and a little less of Dr. Cutler's own analyses, but overall, this is a very...more
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