Menahem Merhavy


Menahem Merhavy is a research fellow at the Harry S. Truman Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a lecturer at Shalem College. He holds a doctorate in Middle Eastern studies and was a Fulbright postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin. A historian of modern Iran, he is the author of National Symbols in Modern Iran: Identity, Ethnicity, and Collective Memory (Syracuse University Press, 2019).

Articles by Menahem Merhavy
Conservative Iranian parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a candidate for the June 28 presidential election, addresses a rally June 26, 2024 in Tehran.
Conservative Iranian parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a candidate for the June 28 presidential election, addresses a rally June 26, 2024 in Tehran.
Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr attends a ceremony in Tehran
Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr attends a ceremony in Tehran
Fully-veiled women walk past a mural illustration depicting scenes from the epic Persian poem "Shahnama" (Book of Kings) in central Tehran on January 30, 2024.
Fully-veiled women walk past a mural illustration depicting scenes from the epic Persian poem "Shahnama" (Book of Kings) in central Tehran on January 30, 2024.
Two women with long hair are seen in profile with their hair covering their faces. Behind them are the buildings of a city.
Two women with long hair are seen in profile with their hair covering their faces. Behind them are the buildings of a city.