Rijin Sahakian is a writer and arts organizer. Sahakian received her MA in Cultural Policy from New York University, and initiated Sada, a nonprofit project conducting arts education, advocacy, and production programs for Baghdad-based artists, which she directed until its closure in spring 2015. She has contributed writing to a range of artist projects and publications, and has conducted seminars, workshops, and curatorial projects at arts and education spaces in the US and abroad, including CalArts, the Rhode Island School of Design, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and marra.tein in Beirut.