About the Author

Farahnaz Ispahani is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center and a Steering Group Member of the International Parliamentarians Panel for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFORB). She also serves on the Anti-Defamation League Task Force on Middle East Minorities.Ispahani served as a spokesperson and international media coordinator for the Pakistan People's Party, working alongside the late Benazir Bhutto. During her tenure in parliament (2008–2012), she was a member of the Foreign Affairs and Human Rights Committees and of the Women's Parliamentary Caucus. She concurrently served as Media Advisor to the President of Pakistan.