Hamid Davashi was (born 1951) and raised in southern city of Ahvaz in Iran. He is an Iranian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York City. He is a leading cultural observer, a prominent cultural observer and one of the most prominent intellectual and a renowned scholar. He is a committed teacher, a public speaker around the globe, a current affairs essayist, and a staunch anti-war activist.
Hamid Davashi was (born 1951) and raised in southern city of Ahvaz in Iran. He is an Iranian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York City. He got his education from Iran and then in United States, where he received a dual ph.D in sociology of culture and Islamic studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University.

Dabashi has been a commentator on a number of political issues, often regarding the Middle East, Columbia University, American foreign policy, or a combination of both. He wrote his dissertation on Max Weber’s theory of charismatic authority with Freudian cultural critic Philip Rieff. His view on Israel had created whirlwind in media, where in one interview he described the state of Israel as "a dyslexic Biblical exegesis," "occupied Palestine," "a vicarious avocation," "a dangerous delusion," "a colonial settlement," "a Jewish apartheid state," and "a racist apartheid state. Hamid Dabashi is the founder of Dreams of a Nation, a Palestinian Film Project, dedicated to preserving and safeguarding Palestinian Cinema.

His books and articles have been translated into numerous languages, including Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Hebrew, Danish, Arabic, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Urdu and Catalan. He is the author of several books including authority in Islam: From the rise of Muhammad to the Establishment of the Umayyads, dream of a nation: On Palestinian cinema, Iran: A people interrupted, Theology of Discontent: The Ideological Foundations of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.