Persian.
Jewish.
American (per the United States Refugee Act of 1980)
The short of it:
Tabby Refael is an award-winning writer, humorist, and civic activist whom the Los Angeles Times has called “a prominent chronicler of Persian LA.” For nearly a decade, she served as a lead columnist for The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, where she pushed the envelope in a weekly print and online column that gained international readership. She has also been a contributor to Los Angeles Magazine, Newsweek, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Moment Magazine, and The Jerusalem Post. Tabby was born in Tehran after the Iranian Revolution that ushered a fanatic theocracy and upended the Middle East. Arriving in America with her family in 1989 as a protected refugee and child survivor of the Iran-Iraq War, she developed a love affair with American culture. In gratitude to her country of refuge, Tabby co-founded 30 Years After, an Iranian American Jewish civic action organization. She holds a master’s degree in public diplomacy from the University of Southern California.
Profiles of Tabby
Profile of Tabby in VoyageLA #1
Profile of TabbY in VoyageLA #2
