Kamyar Jarahzadeh

Kamyar Jarahzadeh is a student at UC Berkeley focusing on migration and forced migration in Turkey and the Middle East. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California to Ahvazi and Dezfuli parents, he escaped Tehrangeles for the Bay Area, and has spent a few summers in Istanbul, Turkey working on research. In his free time, he works with the Coordination Group of Afghan Refugees (www.afgrefugees.com) and draws on his Los Angeles and Iranian heritage to make eclectic electronic folk music (www.soundcloud.com/yavaran).