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Cinema, Cinema!

Over the weekend of September 18-19, the fabulous San Francisco Film Festival showcased many new Iranian films. The event also presented a tribute to Iranian

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Camera, Country, Color

On Saturday, August 28, 2010, there was an opening reception for Nozar Azadi’s painting exhibition at Hollywood’s Seyhoun Gallery. The beloved Iranian artist’s many friends

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Waiting for Sarah

I went to visit Sarah Shourd’s mother, Nora, in Oakland a few weeks ago. Sarah Shourd is one of the three American hikers in prison

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Rebel Citizen

Dr. Mohsen Kadivar, was a guest speaker at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California in Oakland on Saturday, July 24, 2010. Ari Siletz and

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Shohreh & Houshang

On Sunday, July 18, 2010, Iranian.com will present Houshang Touzie’s ” An Iranian in Heaven,” yek Irani dar behesht, at the Palace of Fine Arts

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Planet Ayandeh (Part II)

Part I I have returned from my visit to IAAB’s Camp Ayandeh which is being held this year in Belmont, California. What a wonderful time

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Planet Ayandeh (Part I)

This week I am spending a couple of days in Belmont, attending IAAB’s Camp Ayandeh. Camp Ayandeh is a leadership camp for Iranian American high

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Ready to Rock

The Kiosk Band will be performing live at Yoshi’s in San Francisco on July 4, 2010. The band (Arash Sobhani, Aradalan Payvar, Shahrouz Molaei, Tara

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Passion Play

Last year, my good friends Sepideh Khosrowjah and Hamid Ehya invited me to go to a play with them in Berkeley, along with Ari Siletz

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Gordafarid

Photos by: Pejman Mehrfar, Ali Parsa, and Ebrahim Hesari. Iranian Women’s Studies Foundation Presents: (www.iwsf.org) “Naqali by Gordafarid” on Friday May 7th and Saturday May

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raindrops on the canopy

In loving memory of Kyle Harty Strang (1993-2010) I was having lunch with Persis at a restaurant, catching up with my friend of some 20

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A prayer for hope

In the early hours of Saturday, I set our Nowruz spread. [photo essay] I grew up in a household of ceremonies and rituals.  Everything was

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