Nahid Angha

Nahid Angha
Occupation(s)Scholar, activist, lecturer, translator, and author

Nahid Angha is an Iranian-American Sufi scholar, author,[1] lecturer and human rights activist,[2] with a focus on women's rights.[3] She is the co-director and co-founder of the International Association of Sufism (IAS),[4] founder of the International Sufi Women Organization,[5] the executive editor of Sufism: An Inquiry.[6] Nahid Angha is the main representative[7] of the IAS to the United Nations (for Non Governmental Organization with the Department of Public Information: NGO/DPI).

Biography

Nahid Angha is the daughter of Persian Sufi master Moulana Shah Maghsoud Sadiq Angha[8][9] the Sufi master of the Uwaiysi lineage.[10] Her mother, Mah Talat Etemad Moghadam, was from a prominent Persian family, and a descendant of Etemad Saltaneh.[11][12] Angha pursued academic studies at the University of Tehran, Missouri State University, and University of Exeter. She holds doctorate degrees in Psychology and Islamic Studies, and taught as adjunct professor at the Dominican University of California and California Institute of Integral Studies. She created the Building Bridges of Understanding series program with the Dominican University of California that hosted many prominent speakers including the Iranian Nobel Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi.[13][14]

Selected publications

  • Shah Maghsoud: Life and Legacy (California: IAS Publications, 2021).
  • "Abdullah Ansari of Hirat" in Encyclopaedia of Islam, Three (2019).
  • Shah Maghsoud. Nirvan. Translation with Commentary (California: International Association of Sufism Publications, 1992, second edition 2021).
  • A Force Such as the World Has Never Known: Women Creating Change (co-author, co edited; Canada: INANNA Publications and Education, Inc. 2013).
  • Mir Ghotbeddin Muhammad Angha, Destination: Eternity: az janin ta janan, Translation (California: IAS Publications, 1984, second edition 2022).
  • Caravan: Biographies from Sufism Symposia 1994-2014 (California : IAS Publications, 2015; second edition 2022).
  • Ansari, Abdullah. ‘Abdu’llāh Ansāri of Herāt, Stations of the Sufi Path: The One Hundred Fields: Sad Maydān (Cambridge: Archetype, 2010).
  • Ecstasy: The World of Sufi Poetry and Prayer (California: IAS Publications, 2007).
  • Sufism: The Journey of the Lovers (California: IAS Publications, 1998).
  • Principles of Sufism (California: Asian Humanities Press, 1994).
  • Shah Maghsoud, Psalms of Gods: Avaz-i Khodayan, Payam-I dill: A Meditation, translation with commentary (California: IAS Publications, 1991).
  • The Journey: Seyr va Soluk (California: IAS, 1991).
  • Selections: Poems from Khayyam, Rumi, Hafiz, Shah Maghsoud (California: IAS Publications, 1991).
  • Deliverance: Words of the Prophet (California: IAS Publications, 1991).
  • The Nature of Miracle (California: IAS Publications, 1991).
  • Shah Maghsoud. Diwan-I ghazal (California: IAS Publications, 1984).
  • Shah Maghsoud, Manifestations of Thought (Padidahay-i fikr) (California: Educational Testing & Research Institute Publications, 1980).
  • Nagah. Tahshi’-i bar Padidehay-i fikr. Tehran: Maktab-e-tariqat-e-Oveyssi Shah Maghsoudi, 1979).

References

  1. ^ Drucker, Malka (2008). White Fire: A Portrait of Women Spiritual Leaders in America. Woodstock,VT: SkyLight Paths. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-893361-64-5.
  2. ^ Angha, Nahid (January 2013). "Interreligious Dialogue: Understanding and Friendship(panel discussion)". Founders Symposium. CIIS. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Dr. Nahid Angha". YWCA.
  4. ^ "Nahid Angha". WISE Muslim Women. WISE. June 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Sufi Women Organization". International Association of Sufism. IAS. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Seyyedeh Dr. Nahid Angha". The Interfaith Observer. Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement (CEIE). July 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Seyyedeh Dr. Nahid Angha". The Interfaith Observer. Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement (CEIE). July 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  8. ^ Helminsky, Camille (2003). Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure. Boston: Shambhala. pp. 254–263. ISBN 1-57062-967-6.
  9. ^ "Dr. Nahid Angha on The Muslim World: A Sufi Perspective". Association for Global New Thought. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Moulana Shah Maghsoud". International Association of Sufism. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  11. ^ Kia, M (2001). "Inside the court of Naser od-Din Shah Qajar, 1881-96: The life and diary of Mohammad Hasan Khan E'temad os-Saltaneh". Middle Eastern Studies. 37 (1): 101–141. doi:10.1080/714004363. S2CID 144861380.
  12. ^ Amanat, Abbas. "EʿTEMĀD-AL-SALṬANA, MOḤAMMAD-ḤASAN KHAN MOQADDAM MARĀḠAʾĪ". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  13. ^ "2003 Nobel laureate discusses Iran, Islam". September 10, 2006. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  14. ^ "Shirin Ebadi Biographical". The Nobel Prize. Nobel Prize Outreach. Retrieved 19 October 2022.