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Saba Soomekh
American religious studies scholar
Saba T. Soomekh[1] (Persian: صبا سومخ) is an American professor and author.
Early life and education
Soomekh was born in Tehran, Iran, to a Persian-Jewish family.[2] to Hamid and Manijeh Soomekh.[3] She is a sister of Hollywood actress Bahar Soomekh and aunt of Bahar's son, 2024 Summer Paralympics double gold medalist Ezra Frech.[4][5][6] The Iranian-Jewish family moved to Los Angeles, California in 1978 to escape the Islamic Revolution of Iran with Soomekh only two years old.[3][7]
She attended Beverly Hills High School[3] and received her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1998, her Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School in 2001, and a Ph.D.
in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.[2]
Teaching career
Saba Soomekh is the associate director o