Mehdi Jami

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Mehdi Jami is a notable Persian journalist, photographer, filmmaker and writer.

Jami holds a master's degree in Persian language and literature from Ferdowsi University (1992). He is also a self taught photographer and filmmaker.

His research interests include Iranistics and Persian culture in Central Asia (Tajikistan and Uzbekistan). He also has studies on philosophy and theology. Mehdi Jami is a member of Artists Without Frontiers, and since August 2006, the director of the Amsterdam-based Persian-language Radio Zamaneh.

He worked for BBC's Persian Service for nearly 10 years and his Persian weblog "Sibestan" is one of the first and most read Persian weblogs.

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