Sohrab Ahmari

Sohrab Ahmari
Ahmari in 2023
Born (1985-02-01) February 1, 1985 (age 39)
EducationUtah State University
University of Washington (BA)
Northeastern University (JD)
Occupation(s)Journalist, editor, and writer
Employer(s)Compact (2021–present)
The New York Post (2018–2021)
Commentary (2017–2018)
The Wall Street Journal (2012–2017)
Spouse
Ting Li
(m. 2014)
Children2

Sohrab Ahmari (Persian: سهراب احمری, romanizedSohrāb Aḥmarī; born February 1, 1985)[1] is an Iranian-American columnist, editor, and author of nonfiction books. He is a founding editor of the online magazine Compact.[2] He is a contributing editor of The Catholic Herald, and a columnist for First Things. Previously, he served as the op-ed editor of the New York Post, an editor with The Wall Street Journal opinion pages in New York and London, and as a senior writer at Commentary.[3]

Ahmari is the author of The New Philistines (2016), a critique of how identity politics are corrupting the arts; From Fire, by Water (2019), a spiritual memoir about his conversion to Roman Catholicism; The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos (2021) and Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty -- and What to Do About It (2023).

  1. ^ Ahmari, Sohrab (1 February 2019). "My Family's Iranian Revolution". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  2. ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (2022-03-22). "Two Religious Conservatives and a Marxist Walk Into a Journal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  3. ^ "Sohrab Ahmari". Amazon.