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Elham Yaghoubian
Elham Yaghoubian (Persian: الهام یعقوبیان‎) (born 1972 in Tehran) is a political activist, writer and designer living in the United States.

Biography
Elham wrote her first book (Darya ye khamoosh) at the age of sixteen. she is known as the first Jewish female writer in Iran. She graduated from Tehran Azad University in 1994, where she received a Bachelors degree in foreign language translation. She published her second book (Tondbad e sarnevesht) in 1996 which was reprinted four times. . Elham was a founding member and one of the head editor of Bina Magazine. In 1998, Elham along with some of her Nationalist peers, confounded the pro-democracy organization, Marz-e Por Gohar, (Iranians for a secular Republic.  Her third novel (Ashk e sham) was published in 1999. After the pro-democracy movement of July 1999, she moved to United Stated. She started working as counselor at JVS one of the Jewish Federation's agencies helping new immigrant and refugees while she continued her prodemocracy activities. In 2007, Elham started working as Community Outreach Advisor at California Army National Guard. In 2008, She pursued her studies in the masters program of the International political department of California State University. In 2010, Elham announced the launch of Aryana FashionOfficial website a new  trendy handbags and accessories company. In addition to all this, Elham translated and published the Global Directory of Zorastrian Fire Temples in 2011.

Books
Silence of Darya (Darya ye khamoosh)

Storm of Destiny (Tondbad e sarnevesht)

Tear of the Candle (Ashk e sham)

Global Directory of Zorastrian Fire Temples