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EDUCATION

University of Siegen, Faculty II – Department of Art and Music
PhD Candidate
“The Politics of Musical Participation: An Ethnographic Study of Women Singers
in Post-Revolutionary Iran”
since October 2020

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul
M.A. Ethnomusicology
Field study with focusing on traditional songs of nomadic women in Qashqai-tribe
in south-west Iran
September 2011 – September 2014

Tehran Azad University, Tehran
B.A. Persian Music Performance
September 2007 – May 2011

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

The Power of the Arts, Transforming Societies
Award for being part of the project” Life after Life, The Female Voice of Afghanistan”
An Initiative by Philip Morris GmbH 2023

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Award
Siegen University
December 2021

House of Young Talents Academy
PhD Scholarship
Siegen University
Since October 2020