Media Quotes

Interviews:

– Striking back, even from half a world away – Washington Post
Jun 1, 2013 – Omid Memarian was a journalist and civil society activist in Iran until the …Memarian appeared in “Sketches of Iran: A Glimpse From the Front  ..

– Interview: Omid Memarian, Editor Of ‘Sketches Of Iran’ : NPR
Apr 28, 2013 – Lately cartoonists have been increasingly persecuted for their work. A recent book, Sketches of Iran, pairs 40 political essays with cartoons …

– Drawing fire: Iran’s sketches of satire – CNN.com
Apr 16, 2013 – The sketch in question, a drawing from 1937 depicting U.S. President ….But in Iran, according to Omid Memarian, many humorists have been  …

– Side Effects May Include…–  433: Fine Print 2011, This American Life,
APR 15, 2011

– Bloggers from Iran, Pakistan, respond to US Debate – PBS
Sep 29, 2008 – Iranian-born Omid Memarian is a journalist and commentator and currently a World Peace Fellow at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of  …

– ‘Iranians Love the West’: An Interview With Omid Memarian – WorldPress
Jul 2, 2008 – Omid Memarian is the World Peace Fellow at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. He has been …

– Iran: Interview with Omid Memarian, Blogger and Human Rights …
Globalvoicesonline.org
Dec 24, 2006  Omid Memarian is a journalist and blogger, well known in Iran for his news analysis, regular columns and blogs in English and Persian.

– Pushing the Envelope on Iranian Repression – Washington 
Post
Nov 11, 2005 – Like thousands of other Iranian reformers, Omid Memarian is sad but not … He was honored by Human Rights Watch on Tuesday night in New  …