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Kamin Mohammadi is an author, journalist, broadcaster, editor and public speaker. Born in Iran, she and her family moved to the UK during the 1979 Iranian Revolution. She has written for the British and international press including The Times, the Financial Times, Harpers Bazaar, Marie Claire, Condé Nast Traveller (UK and Italy), Psychologies, Donna Moderna (Italy), Men’s Health, The Sunday Times (UK), The Sunday Times of India, The Mail on Sunday, Virginia Quarterly Review and the Guardian as well as co-authoring The Lonely Planet Guide to Iran and numerous other travel guide books. Her journalism has been nominated for an Amnesty Human Rights in Journalism award in the UK, and for a National Magazine Award by the American Society of Magazine Editors in the US.
Kamin has also authored two books, THE CYPRESS TREE: A LOVE LETTER TO IRAN (Bloomsbury, 2011), published in Italy as MILLE FARFALLE NEL SOLE (Piemme Voci, Sept 2013), and BELLA FIGURA: HOW TO LIVE, LOVE AND EAT THE ITALIAN WAY (published in UK by Bloomsbury, US by Knopf and Appetite Random House in Canada in 2018). It has been translated into 16 languages and is in development as a TV series. Her essay BIOLOGICAL CLOCK appeared in an Italian anthology of 17 women writers working in Italy all writing on the same subject, called PENSIERO MADRE (Neo Edizioni, 2016). She has also published a story in the anthology THE ORDINARY CHAOS OF BEING HUMAN (Penguin SEA, 2020).
An avid commentator, she has appeared on BBC Radio Four’s WOMAN'S HOUR, MIDWEEK, FOUR THOUGHT and THE WORLD TONIGHT, BBC World Service’s OUTLOOK and THE WORLD TODAY WEEKEND, Channel Four Radio’s THE MORNING REPORT, Monocle Radio’s MONOCLE 24 and India’s NDTV. She has appeared in the BBC TV documentary Iranian Enough? and written and co-presented the BBC World Service’s three-part radio documentary Children of The Revolution. She was a major contributor to the BBC Radio Four series Escape from Tehran. She is now a regular presenter of BBC R4’s FOUR THOUGHT.
Kamin farms an ancient Tuscan olive grove from which she produces small quantities of very special first cold press extra virgin olive oil which you can order on the olive oil link above. From this she makes a series of natural balms for the skin; click on link Kamin's Magic Balm for more information. Kamin's activities as a yoga teacher, Reiki healer and massage therapist hosting retreats in Tuscany can be seen on the yoga link above. Kamin is also a writing teacher and mentor, running regular classes, courses and workshops online, with her first in-person retreat planned in Tuscany September 2023, visit the writing course link above for more information. Her latest course is an online BRIEF HISTORY OF IRAN for The Idler Academy for whom she has also filmed the best-selling BELLA FIGURA: HOW TO LIVE LIKE AN ITALIAN course. Click here for more information and to visit The Idler Academy.
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A man sent a hateful message to a Muslim candidate. He responded with a call for help in an article by Steve Hartman
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