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Roya Rastegar

Roya Rastegar is a producer and writer whose credits include Gaga: Five Foot Two, Cypher, Venus as a Boy, The Legacy of Black Wall Street, QueenMaker, and Wildness. She holds a PhD in the history of consciousness and is the co-founder of the Iranian Diaspora Collective. She is currently making her directorial debut with Exile of the Swans, a documentary following underground dancers in Iran.

Latest articles by Roya Rastegar

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This war is putting Iranians in an impossible moral dilemmaThis war is putting Iranians in an impossible moral dilemma
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People are terrified of the war — but some worry it will end too soon to free them.

By Roya Rastegar