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Babak in new DVD: Mixed Nutz Volume 2

sarasepidzadeh — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 22:05:59 +0000

Big Bad Boo, the production company that made Babak & Friends - A First Norooz is releasing the sequel this week entitled Mixed Nutz Volume 2 DVD. This DVD contains three new episodes from Mixed Nutz, which is a multicultural show that aired on PBS. These episodes are Bollywood Dreams, Obsession and Food For Thought. The episodes are hilarious and here are the content of each one:

Episode 4: "Bollywood Dreams"

Iranian-American Women's Conference in Washington DC

sarasepidzadeh — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:38:29 +0000

First Kids Event to Celebrate Persian New Year takes Manhattan by Storm

sarasepidzadeh — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:26:21 +0000

New York, March 19th, 2011 – For the first time ever, three community organizations have come together to organize the very first Persian New Year event in Manhattan to celebrate the coming of spring.

Fun stuff for kids - From Babak to Persian Dictionaries

sarasepidzadeh — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:54:27 +0000

OK - so it's time to find a good EIDI for your the little brats. I don't have kids - just lots of nieces and nephews... and every year I have been amazed at all the new things on the market from the Iranian-American community.

For example, I love the Rostam comic books, I also love this Persian farsi alphabet learning board game which I bought last year for my 5 year old niece - we played it all weekend and she learned quite a bit. Well, my friend Shabnam Rezaei has a new site that sells all these products in one place.

Clip from PBS "Invitation to World Literature" 1001 Nights Episode featuring Shabnam Rezaei

sarasepidzadeh — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:38:37 +0000

This clip features parts of the 13th episode of the exciting new PBS series "Invitation To World Literature - 1001 Nights". Select clips show producers Aly Jetha and Shabnam Rezaei as they talk about the famous book of 1001 Nights and how it has influenced their lives and why they decided to produce the new animated cartoon series "1001 Nights" for children.

New PBS Series features Iranians Azar Nafisi and Shabnam Rezaei

sarasepidzadeh — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:52:36 +0000

Invitation to World Literature is a great new series produced by Annenberg and WGBH PBS in Boston. The 13-part series explores great world literature such as The Odyssey, Gilgamesh and 1001 Nights. Famous Iranians such as Azar Nafisi is interviewed in episode # 1 "Gilgamesh" as well as creator Shabnam Rezaei in episode # 13 "1001 Nights". Azar Nafisi discusses her experiences reading the book of Gilgamesh. Shabnam Rezaei is producing a new cartoon series and she discussed the history of 1001 Nights and what they are doing with the show now.

Maz Jobrani in "Mixed Nutz Persian Adventure"

sarasepidzadeh — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:30:11 +0000

Some exciting news this week from the makers of Babak & Friends A First Norooz DVD. The new cartoon 'Mixed Nutz Persian Adventure' has just been officially released on DVD in English and Persian.

The cartoon is from the new Mixed Nutz series, and sequel to 'Babak & Friends - A First Norooz'. It has a very clever storyline where Babak and cousins Saman and Sousanne travel all across Iran to exciting sites.

Episode 6 of Mixed Nutz "Food For Thought"

sarasepidzadeh — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:14:51 +0000

Here is a clip from the show Mixed Nutz, episode 6, Food for Thought. After viewing the interesting foods from around the world that
Jae, Sanjay and Babak bring for lunch, Michael's peanut butter and jelly
sandwich looks more boring than ever. To top it off, his Dad only
promotes eating the same things. Lucky for Michael, his Mom decides to
have a pot luck dinner party, and Michael and his Dad both get to
experience international flavors. Will Michael figure out a way to
enjoy world cuisine? Watch this very funny episode of Mixed Nutz!

Iranian on Apple iPhone Profile! So Proud

sarasepidzadeh — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:43:19 +0000

Shabnam was featured with her partner Ali in this iPhone profile. I think it's fantastic! The iPhone and iPad are such awesome tools! Go big bad boo!

PAAIA CARRIES THE TORCH OF SUCCESS TO THE TRI-STATE NEW YORK AREA

sarasepidzadeh — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:03:34 +0000

Building on the success of similar events held at UCLA and
Orange County, PAAIA is pleased to bring its signature event “Passing the Torch of Success” to
the Tri-State New York area on Sunday April 25, 2010 at NYU’s Skirball Center for the
Performing Arts.

Episode 1 of Mixed Nutz "School Is In Session"

sarasepidzadeh — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:49:42 +0000

Here is a clip from the show Mixed Nutz, episode 1, School is in Session. In this episode, we get to know the kids because its the first day of school. Babak has nightmares because he doesn't find his classmates to find out he is Iranian and Michael is also scared because he is a local kids and thinks the other will find him boring.

Mixed Nutz is airing on PBS right now and reaching about 30 Million viewers. They have the air dates and regions on their site at www.mixednutzshow.com

My Iranian of the Day Nazanin Afshin Jam

sarasepidzadeh — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:47:01 +0000

My Iranian of the Day Nazanin Afshin Jam in this new video about Christmas. She is such a great talent, so beautiful and what a nice song. She is amazing!!

My Iranian of the Day Christiane Amanpour

sarasepidzadeh — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:29:23 +0000

This is her interview with Ahmadinejad before the crap hit the fan. She is amazing! I love her:

Leyla Milani from Deal or no Deal - Hot Iranian I love

sarasepidzadeh — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:29:21 +0000

here is an interview with hottie Leyla Milani on deal or no deal. I used to love that show and she is lucky number 13.

Loving Maz Jobrani

sarasepidzadeh — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:49:07 +0000

Maz has been going on a whirlwind tour around and the world and doing TV shows. WE LOVE YOU maz. Here is a fun video from him:

Mixed Nutz Airs in Vancouver on Shaw TV

sarasepidzadeh — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:11:52 +0000

Mixed Nutz, produced by Aly Jetha and Shabnam Rezaei is a show about a group of kids from different places. These two produced Babak & Friends and continued the story in a TV series they created last year with a group of very talented people.

The show is set to go on PBS later this year I think but for now, for the Vancouver and Canadian-Iranian audiences, the show airs Fridays at 4:30 pm on Shaw Multicultural Channel 119 and then followed by Shaw Channel 4 Saturday Mornings at 7:30. Be sure to support them and watch the show and write in to them.

$200/Day to Beat People Up!

sarasepidzadeh — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:35:08 +0000

This email came to me – I decided to translate the interview:

Wednesday June 24th - A Chat with one of the Plain-clothed club-wielders
“We get 200 dollars a day”
Four days after the elections, there have been anti-demonstration forces on the streets of Tehran whose accents are unrecognizable. Witnesses say they are not able to understand what they are saying. Some say they have openly heard Arabic being spoken by some. Yesterday, I had a chance to chat with one of the plain-clothed men in a sandwich shop.
Me: Salaam brother. How are you?

Help the People of IRAN - Gather in WORLD RALLIES

sarasepidzadeh — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:22:40 +0000

If you are not able to go out, then WEAR GREEN. GEt on Twitter and FAcebook and post the news from Iran. CNN can no longer cover anything and so we MUST DO THE JOB. Here is a good article on what you can do on PersianMirror. ALSO please post your events on PersianMirror.com - they are putting all the world peace rallies for iran up on the site.

Zahra Rahnavard - The Secret for Mousavi?

sarasepidzadeh — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:27:34 +0000

I am so excited about the elections in IRan - the videos look so great and especially seeing all the young enthusiastic supporters who are not afraid to come our and support a guy like Mousavi. IT seems his wife though is the key to all of this - she definitely has the women rallying man. HE has the young voters and his own freaking face book page - check out this great music video with great pics and a hip song! WOW!

SABZ O SORKHO O SEFEEDAM

What do you think??

My Iranian of the Day: Shabnam Rezaei on PBS

sarasepidzadeh — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:41:51 +0000

The other day there was a 2 hour program on KOCE - the PBS orange county station, featuring a bit from Rick Steve's Iran (what a great program) and then a clip from Shabnam Rezaei who donated Babak& Friends DVDS to the PBS station for fundraising. We wish her all the best.