Siavosh Derakhti, the 22-year-old son of Iranian immigrants. is the founder of Young People Against Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia. He hails from Malmö, “a dynamic and diverse city of some 300,000 in southern Sweden.”
Gary G. Yerkey interviewed him for a story in the Christian Science Monitor.
” ‘Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and xenophobia are huge problems in Malmö,’ Derakhti says. ‘I can’t accept that Jews are leaving my hometown [because of anti-Semitism]. I told the [US] president [who was in Sweden on an official visit] that I would never give up the fight for equal rights for all people.’ …
“Derakhti says he focuses on educating young people about the evils and dangers of anti-Semitism, racism, and xenophobia. He has done that by speaking to students and teachers at schools around the country, holding workshops for educators and others, and pressing the authorities to work toward ‘increasing awareness and understanding between different groups,’ he says. …
“For his work, Derakhti earlier this year was presented with the Swedish government’s Raoul Wallenberg Award – named after the late Swedish diplomat who is credited with saving thousands of Hungarian Jews in 1944.” More at the Monitor.
I’m impressed that a young person would understand so clearly that tolerance for his own family and religion is so closely tied to tolerance for all.
Photo: Karin Nylund/Utrikesdepartementet/Swedish MFA Siavosh Derakhti founded Young People Against Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia in his native Sweden. 
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