ism . ▁ ▁Her ▁great - gre at ▁grand m other ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁T aj ▁Salt ane h ▁Q aj ar , ▁the ▁most ▁notable ▁daughter ▁of ▁Nas er ▁al - D in ▁Shah , ▁who ▁ruled ▁over ▁Iran ▁from ▁ 1 8 4 8 ▁to ▁ 1 8 9 6 . ▁T aj ▁Salt ane h ▁was ▁a ▁writer , ▁painter ▁and ▁femin ist ▁who ▁co - f ounded ▁Iran ' s ▁first ▁under ground ▁women ' s ▁rights ▁movement . ▁ ▁Career ▁F ass i hi ▁is ▁a ▁Senior ▁W riter ▁based ▁in ▁New ▁York . ▁She ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁Senior ▁Middle ▁East ▁correspond ent ▁based ▁in ▁Be ir ut , ▁as ▁Deput y ▁Bureau ▁Chief ▁of ▁Middle ▁East ▁and ▁Africa ▁super vis ing ▁a ▁team ▁of ▁rep or ters ▁and ▁sh aping ▁coverage ▁from ▁elections ▁in ▁Z imb ab we ▁to ▁war ▁in ▁Gaz a ▁and ▁the ▁u pr is ings ▁of ▁the ▁Arab ▁Spring . ▁She ▁covered ▁the ▁Ira q ▁War ▁as ▁the ▁J ourn als ▁Bag hd ad ▁b ureau ▁chief ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 3 – 2 0 0 6 . ▁She ▁was ▁dispatch ed ▁to ▁Afghan istan ▁to ▁cover ▁the ▁US - led ▁invasion ▁and ▁has ▁covered ▁five ▁wars , ▁revolution s ▁and ▁u pr is ings ▁throughout ▁the ▁region . ▁ ▁She ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁lead ▁rep or ters ▁for ▁the ▁Journal ' s ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁award - win ning ▁investig ative ▁project ▁titled ▁" C ensor ship