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TEDxNEIU (Northeastern Illinois University)
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From Miniskirt to Hijab to Cowboy Boots: Iran's History as Told Through Fashion. 



​​WTTW PBS NEWSHOUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT"
Panel discussion with Carol Marin, anchor and network correspondent, John Mearsheimer, Professor of
​Political Science at the University of Chicago, and Ivo Daalder, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and now President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. 
Read article here→

FLO -The Women's Wing of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Kanpur and sixteen other cities across India​ - ​On the eve of India's 74th Independence day, Flo Kanpur hosted an exclusive event with a different Freedom Story of a woman’s Journey from Miniskirt to Hijab.​
cceptance speech upon receiving Oakton College Distinguished Alumni Award - The Oakton Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize former Oakton students who have excelled professionally and provided inspirational service to the community. Read article here→ ​  
CAN Network Television "D'Tycoon Show" ​
Discussion with Bill Morton, President of Rogers
Park Chamber of  Commerce, about Iranian power
politics and Jacqueline's work as an interpreter with the national immigrant justice center. 
 
Conversation series with authors: ​Off the Shelf Show ​In today's episode, Jacqueline Saper discusses her memoir, "From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran," as well as the Iranian revolution, and the movie "Argo" with ​host Yvonne Wolf. 
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WLS 890 AM The Jen Weigel Show - Jacqueline Saper discusses the American Hostage Crisis and her book from Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran. 
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 Breakfast with Homa Sarshar Show ​—  هما سرشار (Sobhaaneh baa Homa Sarshar) 670 AM KIRN –
Los Angeles 

Listen to the interview  (In Persian)
Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest, the
Jewish Federation, StandWithUs, and Jimena - 
​Panel discussion with The Honorable Roey Gilad, Consul General of Israel to the Midwest, 
Isaac Cohen, ​a retired professor of cell and molecular biology at Northwestern University, and Jacqueline Saper. 
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The Times of Israel article titled, Miniskirted No More, had 6,102 shares in the first twenty-four hours of publication and is rated as the most popular article for the first week of December 2020.
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The Chicago Tribune's NOW article titled, From Miniskirt to Hijab is a Story of our Times, is named
one of the top 20 best posts (out of more than 500) of September 2020.
Featured in Print Media
  1. ​Feathered Quill Book Awards: Interview with Book Award Finalist, Jacqueline Saper.
  2. PBS News hour - WTTW: Iran mourns Soleimani and vows retaliation against US 
  3. University of Chicago: Persian Circle at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
  4. Sheridan Road Magazine: The Politics of Fashion
  5. Kayhan Life Publication of London, UK: “From Miniskirt to Hijab”
  6. The Signal of Santa Clarita Valley: CBS Film Series
  7. Oakton College Profiles and themes: Between Two Worlds
  8. Niagara Foundation: Event Recap, From Miniskirt to Hijab
  9. India's leading publications: Dainik Jargan, Inext, Amar Ujjala, and The Dinar Times (In Hindi)
  10. Yedioth Ahronoth: (In Hebrew)
Published Op-Eds
  • ​The Seattle Times: From an act of survival in 1979 Iran to a civic duty in 2020 America Read more →
  • The Seattle Times: Hijab: An empowering choice in U.S., a symbol of oppression in Iran Read more​→
  • ​Foreign Policy News: From Miniskirt to Hijab: International Women's' Day in Iran Read more​→
  • The Times of Israel: Coronavirus in Iran: New crisis, same old disaster ​Read more​→
  • The Forward:   Will El Al ever fly to Tehran again? Read more​→
  • Persian Heritage:  This is not Iran: This is Argentina Read more​→
  • The Jerusalem Post:  Don't Pass Over a Persian Passover Read more​→
  • The Sun Sentinel: Sunscreen and Synagogue ​Read more​→
  • ​The Jewish Journal: The resilience of the Jewish people Read more​→
  • ​Breitbart: Two Irans and one Holocaust Read more​→
  • American Thinker: The most offensive Holocaust-denier Read more​
  • ​​Aish: Celebrating Purim in Iran Read more​→
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