Shadi Rahimi

Oakland, California, United States

<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span style="color: #0b0b0b;"><span><span><span><span style="font-size: small;">Shadi Rahimi recently returned from Cairo, where she worked as a news freelancer, and as a Community Manager for <span style="color: #008000;"><a href="http://18daysinegypt.com/" target="_blank">18DaysInEgypt.com</a></span>, a website documenting the Revolution through eyewitness stories told by Egyptians.<br /> <br /> Her work has been featured on Al Jazeera, Turnstyle News, New America Media, Dutch Public Broadcasting, The New York Times, St. Petersburg Times, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Mother Jones, Indian Country Today.<br /> <br /> She is now&nbsp;preparing a photography book and a documentary on the boys on the frontlines of the Revolution.&nbsp; <br /> <br /> Shadi co-founded </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #0b0b0b; font-family: 'times new roman';"><span><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #008000;"><a href="http://www.snagmagazine.com/" target="_blank">Seventh Native American Generation (SNAG)</a></span>.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span style="color: #0b0b0b;"><span><span><span><span style="font-size: small;">Previously, she was the Communications Director of the&nbsp;<span style="color: #008000;"><a href="http://www.burnsinstitute.org/" target="_blank">W. Haywood Burns Institute</a></span> and&nbsp;<span style="color: #008000;"><a href="http://www.cjny.org/" target="_blank">Community Justice Network for Youth</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #0b0b0b; font-family: 'times new roman';"><span><span style="font-size: small;">. She&nbsp;has an M.A. in Journalism from U.C. Berkeley and received awards including the Chips Quinn Fellowship and Middlebury Fellowship in Environmental Journalism.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0b0b0b; font-family: 'times new roman';"><span><span style="font-size: small;">Shadi is a member of the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association. She offers workshops and photo/video services to communities, and in 2009 helped to organize an <span style="color: #0000ee;"><a href="http://indigenousdelegation.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Indigenous Delegation to Palestine</a></span>.</span></span></span></p>

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