Kamin Mohammadi

Kamin Mohammadi is an author, a journalist, broadcaster, public speaker, teacher and cultural curator. Born in Iran, she moved to the UK during the 1979 Iranian Revolution. She is a prolific journalist and writer who has written for the British, Italian and international press including The Times, the Financial Times, The Guardian, Harpers Bazaar, Marie Claire, Vogue, GQ, GQ Style, Men’s Health, The Sunday Times (UK), The Sunday Times of India, The Mail on Sunday, Virginia Quarterly Review and the Soho House magazine 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 in the best essay category by the American Society of Magazine Editors in the U.S.

Kamin has authored two books: BELLA FIGURA: HOW TO LIVE, LOVE AND EAT THE ITALIAN WAY (published in 16 countries and in development as a television series); and THE CYPRESS TREE: A LOVE LETTER TO IRAN (Bloomsbury in UK, Piemme in Italy).

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