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AUTHOR, SPEAKER, ANALYST, COLUMNIST, LECTURER, TRANSLATOR, CPA
Jacqueline was born and raised in a Jewish family in Iran. As a bicultural daughter of an Iranian father and a British mother, she has been a bridge between the East and the West since birth. At the age of 18, her comfortable life came to an end as the country convulsed with civil unrest and social clashes of the Iranian revolution. In 1979, the Shah was ousted, and Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile. Saper continued to live in the Islamic Republic of Iran for eight more years as a wife and a mother of two children and during the brutal Iran-Iraq war.
An informed observer of cultural, historical, religious, and political affairs of the Middle East in general, and Iran specifically, she strives to promote relationships between people of different cultures and faiths. Jacqueline utilizes her training as a college academic and a business professional to create and present interesting speaking engagements and seminars. Saper has been (or is scheduled to be) a featured speaker at many universities and organizations, including Harvard University, Israel's Tel Aviv University, University of Chicago, India's Women's Wing of Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Australia's Sydney Jewish Museum, Simon Wiesenthal Center, CBS Film Festival, AJC Global Advocacy Program, and at the Illinois Political Science Association Conference, among others.
Her memoir, From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran, is published by Potomac Books of the University of Nebraska Press. The book chronicles her life before, during, and after the Iranian Revolution. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg praised her memoir as a book documenting her unusual mixed cultural upbringing, the revolution, and her "Argo"-like flight to freedom. The Chicago Tribune (Chicago NOW) 's article titled "Jacqueline Saper's "From Miniskirt to Hijab" is a story for our times," is named one of the top 20 best posts (out of more than 500) of September 2020. The book is a finalist for the 2020 Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award and the 2020 Clara Johnson Award for Women's Literature. Saper studied business at Oakton College and Northeastern Illinois University. She received the CPA designation from the Board of Examiners of the University of Illinois and is the recipient of Oakton College's 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award.
An informed observer of cultural, historical, religious, and political affairs of the Middle East in general, and Iran specifically, she strives to promote relationships between people of different cultures and faiths. Jacqueline utilizes her training as a college academic and a business professional to create and present interesting speaking engagements and seminars. Saper has been (or is scheduled to be) a featured speaker at many universities and organizations, including Harvard University, Israel's Tel Aviv University, University of Chicago, India's Women's Wing of Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Australia's Sydney Jewish Museum, Simon Wiesenthal Center, CBS Film Festival, AJC Global Advocacy Program, and at the Illinois Political Science Association Conference, among others.
Her memoir, From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran, is published by Potomac Books of the University of Nebraska Press. The book chronicles her life before, during, and after the Iranian Revolution. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg praised her memoir as a book documenting her unusual mixed cultural upbringing, the revolution, and her "Argo"-like flight to freedom. The Chicago Tribune (Chicago NOW) 's article titled "Jacqueline Saper's "From Miniskirt to Hijab" is a story for our times," is named one of the top 20 best posts (out of more than 500) of September 2020. The book is a finalist for the 2020 Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award and the 2020 Clara Johnson Award for Women's Literature. Saper studied business at Oakton College and Northeastern Illinois University. She received the CPA designation from the Board of Examiners of the University of Illinois and is the recipient of Oakton College's 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award.
From Miniskirt to Hijab is the 2020 FINALIST FOR
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Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award
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Clara Johnson Award for Women's Literature
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