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No ceiling

Bronx-born musical artist Haale “draws on both Persian mystical and American psychedelic musical traditions.” Sample music. She is currently on a U.S. tour (see dates).

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Kosher meets Halal

Shiva Rose Gharibafshar, daughter of Iran’s beloved talk show host, Parviz Gharibafshar with first wife Rose, is a fascinating Iranian American actress once married to

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The threat is still there

I conducted this interview with Stephen Kinzer in early February, before I heard him speak at the San Francisco book signing last week at Grace

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The rest is history

It is now a matter of public record (Library of Congress 2003) that in 1953, the United States violently intervened in Iran by ousting the

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More than Lolita in Tehran

Interview with Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz, author of Jasmine and Stars: Reading More Than Lolita in Tehran�, in time for her appearance at the Iranian Literary

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We have to start somewhere

A week before she speaks at the Iranian Literary Arts Festival in San Francisco (November 14-17), I ask novelist Moniro Ravanipour to give some insights

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SF meets Iranian culture

The Iranian Literary Arts Festival (ILAF) is a week long festival that celebrates the literary and high brow works of Contemporary Iranian writers, poets, filmmakers,

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