You’ve all had your chances… Now it’s my turn. SOS is a good moniker for the new Shah’s of Sunset. But maybe we should modify

Life is a surprise, filled with other surprises. Fortunately, some of these are happy ones. Such was my one-year residence in Jordan, 2010-11, teaching journalism

Since 2001, I have gone arround life – like a wounded soul. Every event had a negative side to it. The world outside was blamed

In September, I had a chance to meet with the talented Iranian comedian and actor, Maz Jobrani.  It was the second time I was seeing

The 15th Annual Persian Festival of Autumn (Mehregan 2011) was held Saturday and Sunday, October 1 – 2, 2011 at the Lakeside Lagoon Park in

Many films took part in this year’s Iranian Film Festival in San Francisco including Bahram, The Iranian Rap Singer, a documentary about the underground music

All new comedy tour featuring some of the most popular Iranian-American comedians! Tour kicks off in West Hollywood, Glendale, Irvine December 9-12! Tour will continue

Anousheh Ansari – First female private space explorerDavar Ardalan – Producer, NPR / CPBHamid Biglari – Vice Chairman, Citicorp | CitigroupDr. Vishtasb Broumand – Humanitarian Reconstructive SurgeonHooman Khalili – Morning

See you in 10 years! This census is done! All but a gleam in the eye of the 30+ community groups (see list below) that

I hate filling out forms that make me check my race. I call myself a Puerto-Ranian — that’s a Puerto Rican/Iranian — kind of like Sabzi mixed

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

Dear Prince Chubby, Can I call you Prince chubby? Yeah that would be easier cause I have to call you Prince something and you’d probably

www.united4iran.org Contact: Blair FitzGibbon December 11, 2009 202-503-6141 Ilona Vizcian 202-445-0049 Global Day of Arts in Support of Iran’s Ongoing Civil Rights Movement on Dec.

Photo caption: I took this photo for Maz Jobrani 😉   In response to Iran, a hope One day we will be happy to call Iran

UCLA was green on Saturday. Thousands of Iranians based in LA area were waving the green flags and showing their support for the Iranians struggle

Six of the most accomplished Iranian Americans in the world gathered at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Mother’s Day to share the trials and tribulations of

Maz Jobrani is an Iranian-American comedian. He begins every show with the same introduction.“Hello, my name is Maz Jobrani and I’m Iranian.” He says it

A remarkable gathering, some of the most accomplished Iranian Americans share their experiences with the next generation of leaders. Held at the UCLA Royce Hall on

Part of being an immigrant in the US, is understanding that there is a period of time that one has to go through, as the

Maz Jobrani is featured here as the crazy artist and also the Bazaari Erooni in the bazaar. The kids go to Iran through paintings and

BFF go camping. JJ, Maz Jobrani and I are like peas and pods! We go back a long way, actually not that long, just a

Putting together a weekly radio show on Iranian arts and culture. Hear podcasts of the show HERE There are so many people in London with

In the U.S., there are Americans who hate Iran and anyone who has anything to do with her. This is largely due to the countries’

It has been almost two years since we saw Babak and his cousins Saman and Sousanne in the debut film A First Norooz. Now, a