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Firoozeh Dumas

Keynote Speaker

New York Times Bestselling Author

Highly entertaining, inspirational, and poignant, Firoozeh’s speeches remind us that our commonalities far outweigh our differences. Her message of shared humanity, delivered with laugh-out-loud humor, has never been more relevant and necessary. Void of religion or politics, her message speaks to everyone and stays with the audience long after the applause ends.

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Firoozeh Dumas is a New York Times bestselling author and humorist whose books, Funny in Farsi, Laughing without an Accent, and It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel, are used by educators across the country. She has written for the NY Times, LA Times, and many other newspapers and magazines. Her writing has brought her many awards, including the Spirit of America Award, a prize she proudly shares with President Jimmy Carter, Rosa Parks, and the beloved Mr. Rogers. Firoozeh has been active on the lecture circuit for over twenty years, speaking at schools and conferences in the US and abroad, where she uses the oral storytelling skills that she learned from her father, Kazem. Firoozeh’s work has taken her around the world and to the White House, but her career highlight was being an $800 clue on Jeopardy, which was, in fact, answered correctly. Her work has also been displayed (without her permission, of course) on the subway cars in Tehran, Iran.

Firoozeh Dumas’s Speech Topics

  • Our Commonalities Far Outweigh Our Differences

    Firoozeh moved to America seven years before the Iranian revolution. She was the only Iranian in her town. Firoozeh stuck out like a polar bear in Hawaii. The lessons she learned changed her life.

  • Why Being Different is a Superpower

    Too Iranian to be American, too American to be Iranian. Fitting in nowhere means fitting in everywhere.

  • Never Give Up on Your Dreams

    Firoozeh’s successful career is lined with all kinds of rejections. She kept going. Rejections are only what we make of them. 

  • Persistence Pays Off!

    Firoozeh’s career has been marked by endless rejections by “experts.” This is a story of believing in yourself. 

  • Diversity is a Beautiful Thing

    Once we stop fearing the other, we see that diversity adds to our lives. It makes us stronger. It’s a beautiful thing.

  • How I Became a NYTimes Bestseller: A Highly Unlikely Tale

    How does a stay-at-home with no creative writing experience write two NY Times bestsellers? Only in America.

  • How to Get Along 

    From age seven, Firoozeh was destined to be a diplomat, the only Iranian in her town and in her school. The truths she learned are now tools that enable her to work with anyone. Relationships are key in any workplace, and Firoozeh has a bag of tools to share.

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