{"id":2,"date":"2011-02-03T18:50:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T01:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2021-08-24T13:21:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T21:21:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was born in 1959 in Shiraz, Iran. After completing my high school education, I moved to the United States with my family in 1977- a couple of years before the 1979 Iranian Revolution.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/?attachment_id=156\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-156\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-156\" title=\"bio\" src=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/bio.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>I received all my higher education in the U.S. I had a diverse academic interest in a wide range of subjects from computer programming to Philosophy. Formally, I hold a B.A. in Sociology and Philosophy, and an M.A. in Economics. However, my professional field is systems engineering. I work in the field of automotive information technology as a senior technical systems architect.<\/p>\n<p>From early on, my intellectual passion has centered on comparative theology, mysticism and philosophy. My ongoing research is primarily in these areas.<\/p>\n<p>I have a weekly program on satellite TV called Parto-e Noor (Beacon of Light) which broadcasts worldwide. I also speak regularly at various cultural institutions in the U.S. including Los Angeles, Irvine, Fresno, San Jose, Oakland and Houston.<\/p>\n<p>I live with my lovely wife, two daughters and son in San Diego, California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was born in 1959 in Shiraz, Iran. After completing my high school education, I moved to the United States with my family in 1977- a couple of years before the 1979 Iranian Revolution. I received all my higher education in the U.S. I had a diverse academic interest in a wide range of subjects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":711,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}