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Writers:
Sabrina Hadjadj Aoul:
Sabrina Hadjadj Aoul, born in France in 1977, from an Algerian emigrated family. I studied Political Sciences in Paris for few years and started to become more and more interested about Middle Eastern and North African politics and cultures. After a summer in Damascus, Syria, I get a Master's degree from the Political Sciences Institute of Paris in Comparative Analysis of Political area, with a concentration on Muslim World. After several month in Algiers, I wrote a thesis about the transition to the Market economy of Algeria and the emergence of an Algerian Business community in September 2000. Then, I get a French Foreign Office Scholarship to study Arabic in Cairo, Egypt for one year. In Fall 2001, I registered for a Near Eastern Studies Master's degree program in NYU. I graduated in May 2003 after the writing of a thesis about the Algerian and Egyptian Construction sector's Business communities and the overlap between Public and Private sectors in these countries. Meanwhile I was in intern in Eurasia Group, a Political Risk Analysis Consulting Firm, within the Middle East and North African practice.
Nima Behnoud:
Nima Behnoud was born in Tehran in 1976. From early childhood, he showed a keen interest in art and began learning painting and illustration from such famous Persian artists as Farideh Lashayee and Ahmadreza Dalvand. At the age of 16, he began working as a junior illustrator for the monthly magazine, “ Adineh ” the most famous and controversial paper of the time.
After Adineh was closed permanently by the Iranian hardliners, he continued his work at the monthly magazine “ Payam-e-Emrooz ” as a designer and later joined the IMS Advertising Group . In 1995 he left Iran for San Francisco to study art and design. Soon after his arrival in the bay area, he began working with several design firms, and in the summer of 1997 he landed an opportunity to work at “ Colortone ” design firm, the design house that produced the world famous apple computer campaign, “think different.” By this time, he had developed an interest in advertising design, and in 1999 was hired as an art director at “ Jamison Cawdrey Advertising. ” While working at JCA, he experienced the fashion industry firsthand by designing and art directing large format posters, photo shoots, and campaigns for a series of shopping malls and fashion brands. He soon found that California did not quench his thirst for fashion, entertainment, and design, and in the winter of 1999 moved to New York City, where he now calls home. He has worked for fashion and cosmetics companies and agencies such as Publicis, Estee Lauder, and L’Oréal Paris . He is currently working on his first documentary about the effects of war on children, and attends design classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
nimabehnoud@yahoo.com