Nikahang Kowsar
Journalist
Iranian-Canadian journalist who first earned recognition as a cartoonist for the political satire magazine Gol-Agha. He went on to work for many well-known newspapers including Hamshahri, Zan and Aftab-e Emrooz.
He earned his bachelor's degree in geology from the University of Tehran in 1993.
He won the Courage for Editorial Cartooning Award from Cartoonists Rights Network International in 2001.
He was born in Tehran, Iran but later moved to Washington, DC.
Farnaz Ghazizadeh and Saman Arbabi are other successful journalists with Iranian ancestry.