The Persian Wedding Book
Christen Flack Behzadi, M. D., was born in Oklahoma City and raised in West Bloomfield, Michigan. A lifelong lover of cultures and celebrations of all kinds, Christen met her soulmate Pedram “Bubby” Behzadi in medical school at the University of Oklahoma in 2005. Meeting Pedram’s family and friends made her more and more familiar with the richness and depth of Persian culture, which led to her determination to have and her own beloved Persian Wedding.  The attention to tradition, the supreme beauty and symbolism, and the divine love evident throughout wedding celebrations led Christen to believe that everyone should experience, have, enjoy and understand the Persian Wedding – whether they’re Persian or not! So while continuing to finish her medical residency, she worked for almost four years researching and writing this descriptive guide to help other brides, grooms and families both Persian and new to Persian culture to better plan and understand their own Persian Wedding celebrations.  Dr. Christen Flack Behzadi, M.D., currently practices Anesthesiology, and lives with her husband, who practices Emergency Medicine, in upstate New York.  She spends her free time working on future books, including her first novel, and "Simple Persian Cooking (Even If You Have No Idea What Persian Means)".