Fereydoun Hoveyda(1924-2006) an Iranian influential writer and thinker was born in Damascus, Syria where his father was the Consul-General of Iran, Hoveyda was raised in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. He completed a Ph.D. in International Law and Economics at Sorbonne (Paris, France). Hoveyda served as a Senior Fellow and member of the Executive Committee of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP), a non-profit, independent foreign policy think tank, founded in 1974 and a was member of think tank institution benadorassociates.

Hoveyda was also a well-known author of 18 novels and non-fiction books in French and English .

Major Works

The Fall of the Shah
Que Veulent les Arabes? (What do Arabs Want?)
The Sword of Islam
The Broken Crescent
The Threat of Militant Islamic Fundamentalism
The Hidden Meaning of Mass Communications
The Shah and the Ayatollah : Islamic Revolution and Iranian Mythology
Dead End Islam

Hoveyda, who died after a long fight against cancer, is survived by his wife Gisela and their two daughters Mandana and Roxana.