- Deena Guzder
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Deena Guzder Born 1984 (age 26–27)
New York, New YorkNationality American Deena Guzder (born 1984) is a human rights journalist and author.[1] Her work has appeared in Time, National Geographic–Traveler, Washington Post, United Press International, Reuters, Indian Express, Ms. Magazine, Global Post, Mother Jones, Huffington Post, Common Dreams, and elsewhere. She was awarded journalism grants from the Knight Foundation to report on theocracy and democracy in Iran;[2] the Scripps Howard Foundation to report on low-caste “untouchables” in India;[3] and, the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to report on commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking in Thailand.[4] Guzder was awarded a second Pulitzer Center grant to travel through Pakistan — from the southern tip of Karachi to the northern tip of Kohistan — to report for the Red Cross Red Crescent magazine on the value of volunteers during the 2010 Pakistan floods.[5]
She graduated from Oberlin College in 2006 with a triple major in Peace & Conflict Resolution, Politics, and English (with a concentration in Creative Writing). Guzder earned a dual-degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and School of International and Public Affairs in 2008. As an antiwar activist,[6] Guzder grew interested in the way politicians warp religion to justify warfare.[7] Although not a Christian, she came to greatly appreciate the Historic Peace Churches and Catholic Worker Movement.[8][9] Guzder wrote a book about the Religious Left titled "Divine Rebels: American Christian Activists for Social Justice".[10] Raised as a Zoroastrian, Guzder told NPR that her own beliefs center on "good words, good thoughts, good deeds".[11] Guzder has also helped His Eminence Shyalpa Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist lama, compile his oral teachings. She also assisted Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges research his book Death of the Liberal Class.[12] Guzder currently works at Democracy Now! in New York City.
References
- ^ http://www.DeenaGuzder.com
- ^ http://newsinitiative.org/story/2007/07/26/theocracy__democracy_persian_minority
- ^ http://www.upiu.com/religion/2008/10/26/Touch-of-Freedom-for-Untouchables/UPIU-8631228976661/
- ^ http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/asia/thailand-sex-tourism-exploited-women
- ^ http://www.redcross.int/EN/mag/magazine2010_3/4-9.html
- ^ http://nymag.com/print/?/news/features/30629/index6.html
- ^ http://www.drewmarshall.ca/listen2011.html#110430
- ^ http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/12-3
- ^ http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/09
- ^ http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-56976-264-6
- ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121859841&ft=1&f=46
- ^ Chris Hedges, "Death of the Liberal Class" (Nation Books 2010) p. 227
External links
- Official website
- Theocracy & Democracy: Persian Minority Religions in Iran and America
- "Divine Rebels: American Christian Activists for Social Justice"
- NPR interview with Ms. Guzder on December 24, 2009
- Interview on The Drew Marshall Show on April 30, 2011
- Article in New York Magazine on April 15, 2007
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from New York City
- American writers
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