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(Lisa Daftari ) is an award-winning investigative journalist focusing on foreign affairs with expertise in the Middle East and counterterrorism. She regularly appears on television and radio with commentary and analysis, providing exclusive reporting on vital developments in the region. Currently, she is an on-air (Fox News ) political analyst and has previously been featured on CBS, NBC, PBS, the Washington Post, NPR, ABC, Voice of America, and others. Lisa also serves as founder and Editor-in-Chief of (The Foreign Desk ), an international news and U.S. foreign policy news website.〔http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/10/prweb13018564.htm〕 Lisa has been interviewed in Spanish, English and Persian. Lisa’s areas of expertise and coverage include the Middle East and North Africa, terrorism, national security, the Arab Spring, global Christian persecution, (human rights ), cyber security and more. Lisa was invited to show her documentary film about an Iranian underground political movement in Congress. She frequently is called upon to give briefs and expert testimony for government and private entities. Lisa has worked for a number of think tanks in Washington, where she has written exclusive reports for the Pentagon and other government groups. ==Early life== Lisa is a first generation Iranian American. She was born in New Jersey to Sean and Simin Daftari. Her father is a physician and college professor, and her mother has a background in language and accounting. Her parents are Iranian Jews who met in United States and married in Iran. She grew up in Bergen County, a suburb of New York City, the second of four Daftari children. Daftari attended Jewish school and finished high school at a private Jewish school in New Jersey.〔http://www.lisadaftari.com/press/item/44-persian-jewish-journalist-tells-iran%E2%80%99s-human-story?tmpl=component&print=1〕 Lisa graduated from Rutgers University New Brunswick with a B.A. in Spanish, Middle Eastern studies, and vocal performance. She went on to receive her masters degree in broadcast journalism at the Annenberg School of Journalism at the University of Southern California, where she was awarded a Presidential Merit Scholarship. Using her grant, Lisa delivered the exclusive story of four Iranian brothers detained in Federal prison on charges connecting them to the MEK, a political organization opposed to the Iranian government. She delivered her report on PBS for a 9/11 anniversary show. Lisa is fluent in English, Persian, Hebrew and Spanish and is an avid opera singer and pianist.〔 Daftari is a staunch supporter of Israel and believes the Jewish state has every right to exist.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lisa Daftari」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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