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Born | 1948 (age 75–76) Tabriz |
Nationality | Iranian |
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Abbas Ali Djavadi Tabrizi, Ph.D. (Persian: عباس علی جوادی تبریزی; also known as Abbas Djavadi; born 1948), is an Iranian author and journalist. Between 1985 and 2019, he was a writer, broadcaster, and manager at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, RFE/RL, an American media organization funded by the US Congress.[1]. He managed different language services of Radio Liberty and later became its regional director for Central Asia, Iran, and Afghanistan. He has established two private nonprofit websites, www.cheshmandaz.org and www.turkimeseller.com, to provide his works to those interested. Dr. Djavadi’s areas of interest are languages, history, ethnic issues, and the cultural history of Iran, Turkey, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. He has published a dozen books and hundreds of research articles on related subjects[2]. He has made most of his works freely available in PDF format on the Internet[2]
Abbas Djavadi was born in Tabriz into a back-to-back family of Shiite Islamic scholars[3]. However, his father had academic studies and was a teacher[3]. Dr. Djavadi grew up in an atmosphere filled with poetry debates and books. So, according to him, he was raised in a religious but tolerant family[4].
After graduating from Ferdowsi High School in Tabriz[5], he moved to Austria in 1965 to study linguistics and German language at the University of Vienna. In 1968 he left Vienna for Ankara to study for his B.A. at the Faculty of Languages and Literature at the University of Ankara, or DTCF[6].[7]. In 1975, he went to the University of Cologne, Germany, where he received a Ph.D. in linguistics, literature, and oriental studies[2]
From 1985 to 2019, Abbas Djavadi served 34 years as a journalist and director of various sectors of Radio Liberty, including Tajik and Azeri services. Later he became a regional director of programs for Central Asia and helped establish new services for Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (in Pashtu).
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