Dr. Soraya Fallah
Dr. Soraya Fallah is a graduate scholar in the field of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from California State University Northridge (CSUN). She is familiar with the treatment of individuals with disabilities in education and issues around educating Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) students, both professionally and personally. Fallah’s research “Giving voice to an invisible population: The experiences of families of students with disabilities from the Middle East, North Africa, and Southwest Asia (MENASWA) in the United States special education system” was the first doctoral research to take part in the Statewide Research Competition in CSUN’s history. Dr. Fallah is a full-time social worker, who combines activism with academia to give voice to underprivileged children and their families. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her projects and writings and is an international speaker in human rights.
Soraya has a few published books, chapter book, and participated in a few book project. She published several books in Iran and her articles in English, Farsi and Kurdish are regularly published in several international media outlets and magazines.
Her books and chapter book are in premier reference sources.
One of her latest publication (2018) is a chapter of a book called “Social Justice and Parent Partnerships in Multicultural Education Contexts”, which was edited by Katherine E. L. Norris, Shartriya Collier. Her contributed chapter book is: Challenges and Strategies for Establishing Strong Partnerships: Special Education and CLD Families, which she co-authored with Dr. Wendy Murawski.
Her older published book is an exploratory resource-based book under a bigger project for dissemination of information about different countries, ‘Green Book Project Series’. She was able to publish about History and Politics of Hungary, Green Book. The publisher of this book was The Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) Tehran 1990 (Farsi print)
She also published 4 reference books “Investigation and Summary of the Promotional Theses of Experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Iran during the Period of 1979 to 1996, Volumes 1,2,3, 4, Reference Book Set, IPIS, Tehran 1996 (Farsi print).
She was also a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for a few books including: chapter book review: Human Rights and National Security, in A Passion for Justice: One Man's Dedication to Civil Rights by Ralph David Fertig , Dorrance Publishing, 2018; Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect, Prometheus Books , 2014; No Child Execution, “Tale of Two Nazanin” HarperCollins Publisher, 2012
Moreover, as a researcher she spends big amount of time on writing articles for educational journals. One of her journal article which was accompanied by Dr. Wendy Murawski from CSUN-CTL and Zaniar Moradian was published on 2018 . This article was published on ; The Journal for Special Education Apprenticeship (JoSEA). The article’s name is ”The Importance of Developing Cultural Competence in Working with Families of Students with Disabilities from the Middle East, North Africa, and Southwest Asia." She published on National Conference on Academic Advising (NACADA), on the world's largest digital library of education literature and most widely used index to educational-related literature, Education Resources Information Center(ERIC),and some other places.
Supervisors: Dr. Wendy Murawski
Soraya has a few published books, chapter book, and participated in a few book project. She published several books in Iran and her articles in English, Farsi and Kurdish are regularly published in several international media outlets and magazines.
Her books and chapter book are in premier reference sources.
One of her latest publication (2018) is a chapter of a book called “Social Justice and Parent Partnerships in Multicultural Education Contexts”, which was edited by Katherine E. L. Norris, Shartriya Collier. Her contributed chapter book is: Challenges and Strategies for Establishing Strong Partnerships: Special Education and CLD Families, which she co-authored with Dr. Wendy Murawski.
Her older published book is an exploratory resource-based book under a bigger project for dissemination of information about different countries, ‘Green Book Project Series’. She was able to publish about History and Politics of Hungary, Green Book. The publisher of this book was The Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) Tehran 1990 (Farsi print)
She also published 4 reference books “Investigation and Summary of the Promotional Theses of Experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Iran during the Period of 1979 to 1996, Volumes 1,2,3, 4, Reference Book Set, IPIS, Tehran 1996 (Farsi print).
She was also a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for a few books including: chapter book review: Human Rights and National Security, in A Passion for Justice: One Man's Dedication to Civil Rights by Ralph David Fertig , Dorrance Publishing, 2018; Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect, Prometheus Books , 2014; No Child Execution, “Tale of Two Nazanin” HarperCollins Publisher, 2012
Moreover, as a researcher she spends big amount of time on writing articles for educational journals. One of her journal article which was accompanied by Dr. Wendy Murawski from CSUN-CTL and Zaniar Moradian was published on 2018 . This article was published on ; The Journal for Special Education Apprenticeship (JoSEA). The article’s name is ”The Importance of Developing Cultural Competence in Working with Families of Students with Disabilities from the Middle East, North Africa, and Southwest Asia." She published on National Conference on Academic Advising (NACADA), on the world's largest digital library of education literature and most widely used index to educational-related literature, Education Resources Information Center(ERIC),and some other places.
Supervisors: Dr. Wendy Murawski
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The purpose of this research article is twofold. First, it provides an overview of the situation of Kurdish women in Iran by focusing on their participation in civil and political movements following the 1979 revolution and it fills gaps in women and gender study literature on Kurdish women in Iran. The situation for Kurdish women in Iran is in particularly unjust. Not only do these women suffer from discriminatory laws due to their gender, but they also suffer from regional poverty, the regime’s policies against ethnic minorities, militarization, and the overall instability of the Kurdish region. An Iranian Kurdish woman not only has to deal with gender discriminatory law, but she must deal with discrimination toward an ethnic minority. Kurdish Women in Iran have never been the decision makers in politics and the creation of national laws, and they have never held key governmental positions. Discriminatory laws have always affected their lives. In order to attain the primary objective of this research the researcher utilizes exploratory and descriptive methodology. This research provides readers with a better understanding of the situation of Kurdish women in Iran and the problems surrounding them. The significance of this study is that there is a need to draw attention to the unique situation of Kurdish women in Iran. This descriptive study will not only draw attention to this understudied situation, but it also creates a foundation for future primary databased research on what is currently happening in Iran regarding Kurdish women, what they think and experience. Having that information will enable interested researchers and activists to eventually craft training programs designed to better support the Kurdish women who suffer from double and triple jeopardy. The main questions raised in this paper emphasize the role of Kurdish women in society, their key characteristics, their movement within Kurdish culture, and their intense value of their change process. This study provides a baseline for future quantitative and qualitative studies.
Keywords: Kurdish Women, Political participation, Rojhalat, Intersectionality, Activism, Ethnocide
The purpose of this research article is twofold. First, it provides an overview of the situation of Kurdish women in Iran by focusing on their participation in civil and political movements following the 1979 revolution and it fills gaps in women and gender study literature on Kurdish women in Iran. The situation for Kurdish women in Iran is in particularly unjust. Not only do these women suffer from discriminatory laws due to their gender, but they also suffer from regional poverty, the regime’s policies against ethnic minorities, militarization, and the overall instability of the Kurdish region. An Iranian Kurdish woman not only has to deal with gender discriminatory law, but she must deal with discrimination toward an ethnic minority. Kurdish Women in Iran have never been the decision makers in politics and the creation of national laws, and they have never held key governmental positions. Discriminatory laws have always affected their lives. In order to attain the primary objective of this research the researcher utilizes exploratory and descriptive methodology. This research provides readers with a better understanding of the situation of Kurdish women in Iran and the problems surrounding them. The significance of this study is that there is a need to draw attention to the unique situation of Kurdish women in Iran. This descriptive study will not only draw attention to this understudied situation, but it also creates a foundation for future primary databased research on what is currently happening in Iran regarding Kurdish women, what they think and experience. Having that information will enable interested researchers and activists to eventually craft training programs designed to better support the Kurdish women who suffer from double and triple jeopardy. The main questions raised in this paper emphasize the role of Kurdish women in society, their key characteristics, their movement within Kurdish culture, and their intense value of their change process. This study provides a baseline for future quantitative and qualitative studies.
Keywords: Kurdish Women, Political participation, Rojhalat, Intersectionality, Activism, Ethnocide