Shahnaz Rabii

Shahnaaz Rabiei is a poet, storyteller, photographer, and visual artist of Iranian-Bahraini descent. She sees herself as belonging to the whole world due to her travels to many countries around the globe.

As a young girl, during her first year as a middle school student, she was pulled from her studies and playtime with friends to get married, becoming a mother at just fourteen.

She began to shine again as she pursued her education after becoming the mother of her fourth child. She studied middle and high school in adult literacy programs, then completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, confidently following her dreams.

Shahnaaz traveled to the United States to earn a PhD in law, working as a lawyer and professor at the University of Nebraska.

Her life journey is long and filled with events and upheavals. Many writers in America have approached her to write her life story, but she has postponed it due to work and extensive travels.

Shahnaaz says, “At that stage, I realized that higher education is just the beginning of many lessons a person learns during their travels and encounters with various cultures and ideas in the world, accepting them with respect.”

She is known for her use of poetic discourse in some of her poems, reflecting her deep connection to love, her immense talent, enthusiasm for learning, acceptance of challenges, and support for women’s rights.

For Shahnaaz, love is a feeling and a spiritual harmony, a resonance that emanates from the depths of her personality towards everyone she connects with.

She began writing in Arabic after her marriage and her study of the language, which allowed her to blend the lushness of Persian with the depth of beautiful Arabic expressions. She has published her first book, hoping to print her forthcoming writings soon.

Shahnaaz writes in three languages: Persian, Arabic, and English. She describes herself as an ‘Iron Woman’ due to the numerous qualifications she has earned, the various fields she has worked in, the challenges she has faced, and the experience she has gained during her travels.

PhD in Law

PhD in Business Administration

Specialist in Nutritional Science

Trainer and coach in bodybuilding

Consultant and family and educational relations coach

As a painter and photographer, one of her photos won first place among hundreds in 2013, earning praise from many attendees and professionals in New York and across the United States.

She is also a language translator, among other talents.