Gelavizh Hemmat BolandPour is a graduate student at the University of Sussex studying international security and winner of the British Council's Chevening Scholarship. She has 13 years of experience in journalism and media-related issues and has written articles for several Iranian newspapers including Sharq. Her research interests include security issues in the Middle East, specifically in Iran, terrorism and Kurdish issues as well as all aspects of women’s lives in the Middle East, Kurdish community and Iran.