Author: Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Alternate names: Kylie Moore Gilbert
Born: 28 May 1987
Bio: Kylie Moore-Gilbert is a scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. Kylie speaks several Middle Eastern languages and has spent significant periods travelling and conducting academic research in the region. She was falsely charged with espionage and imprisoned in Iran from September 2018 to November 2020 before being released in a prisoner exchange deal negotiated by the Australian government.

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She is the neice of British academic, orientalist and writer [Bart Moore-Gilbert](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2790201A).