Ann De Craemer (Belgium, 1981) is MA in Germanic languages and MA in American Studies.  She is a freelance writer and journalist specialized in Iran, writing, a.o., for the Belgian newspaper De Standaard. In June 2009, she traveled through Iran for the first time. She has written a book about her journey: Duizend-en-één-dromen. Een reis langs de Trans-Iraanse Spoorlijn (Thousand-and-one dreams. A journey along the Trans-Iranian Railway).  She has been self-studying Persian for some years now.