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Dr. Ali Makki grew up in Ohio, USA
where he subsequently received his college education. Even before the start of
his undergraduate studies, he had an active and passionate interest in Iranian
literature and Zoroastrianism because of his family heritage, and he studied
these subjects further at an academic level while pursuing a medical career. In
the outset, he started his education in electrical engineering at the University
of Dayton and later completed his premedical studies at Wright State
University. In 1997, he earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine Degree from the
University of Pennsylvania, where he also founded the Penn Zoroastrian Society.
He has been active in promoting inter-faith and inter-cultural dialog in North
America and has been a student of the Gathas and other Zoroastrian religious
texts for many years. Dr. Makki has traveled extensively throughout Europe and
Iran, and besides English, he is also fluent in German and Persian. He also has
training in Avestan, Old Persian, and Middle Persian and often relies on primary
sources for his research. He has produced numerous articles and has given many
presentations and lectures on Zoroastrianism and related topics to various
audiences around the world. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California,
where he is completing his post-doctoral training in Orofacial Pain and Headache
at UCLA.
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