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Her International charitable work, primarily focused through the Unique Zan Foundation (established in 2007) is not limited to Iran and its literature, or Asia and its women. In 2008, Ms. Daryabari joined forces with Relief International and the Skoll Foundation, to build a women’s center in West Bank Palestinian Territory.
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- Atherton, CA
Founder & Executive Director. Bita Daryabari embodies the spirit of humanist philanthropy. She received her Master’s degree at Golden Gate University in California, where she was awarded Alumni of the Year in 2008. Upon graduation, she joined GammaLink, Inc., one of the early pioneers in the field of telecommunications. She later moved to MCI ...
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On a personal level, Ms. Daryabari has had a long-standing passion for increasing knowledge of her native Iranian culture, as well as improving the lives of people from Iran and beyond. She has started Pars Equality Center, a community foundation in 2010 to support the full integration of people of Persian (Iranian) origin in the United States ...
In 2007, Daryabari partnered with the prominent Afghan human rights activist Sakineh Namdari, founder of the Afghan Institute of Learning, to build a girls’ school in Kabul. She has also been active in helping promote and set up education for women in Bangladesh and Pakistan. In 2008, she endowed $2.5 million to the Persian Studies chair at ...
In 2016, Daryabari made a major gift to the University of California, Berkeley, to bolster the study of Iranian languages, literature, arts and culture, and history at the university. The Bita Daryabari Presidential Chair in Iranian Studies supports a faculty member in the Department of Near Eastern Studies whose research focuses on ancient Iran.
Apr 7, 2014 · April 7, 2014. Deborah Anderson. Bita Daryabari has helped more than 400 Iranian immigrants escape poverty and is helping women in the Middle East gain independence. Los Angeles. At 16, Bita Daryabari was sent by her parents—a dentist and a homemaker in Tehran—to live with relatives in St. Joseph, Mo. The year was 1985, and she was part of ...
Mar 26, 2015 · The center, with a staff of 19 led by Reza Odabaee, a 20-year veteran of Catholic Charities, expands upon the Pars Equality Center in San Jose, a legal service that Daryabari founded five years ...
