# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roya-hakakian
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:01:31.094Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roya-hakakian"
name: "Roya Hakakian"
slug: "roya-hakakian"
description: "Roya Hakakian is an Iranian American Jewish writer, journalist, and political commentator. Born in Iran, she came to the United States as a refugee and is now a naturalized citizen. She is the author of several books, including an acclaimed memoir in English called Journey from the Land of No (Crown), Assassins of the Turquoise Palace (Grove/Atlantic), and A Beginner's Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious (Knopf)."
tagline: "Iranian American author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roya_Hakakian.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1966"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.26
  momentum:             2.46119733924612
  historical:           14.040464
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RoyaTheWriter"
    handle:    "RoyaTheWriter"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/hakakian.roya"
    handle:    "hakakian.roya"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.royahakakian.com/new"
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    title: "Roya Hakakian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roya Hakakian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "רויה הקקיאן"
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    title: "Ռոյա Հակակյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ᱨᱳᱭᱟ ᱦᱟᱠᱟᱠᱤᱭᱟᱱ"
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    title: "Ruyo Hakokiyon"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump