03 March 2010
It’s almost time for its May 2010 release! Check out the second trailer for the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time movie. From the looks of this latest sneak peak, Jake Gyllenhaal who is set to be at this year’s Oscars, really seems to be embracing the Persian charm that his character’s background calls for. var addthis_language = [...]
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03 March 2010
Yassi Golshani grew up in Iran and gained an MA in Painting from Al Zahra University in Tehran. In 1996 she moved to Paris, where she studied at the University of Saint Denis-Paris VII and the Sorbonne. Golshani’s artistic practice moved from painting to installation work, and most recently she has created installations of boxes [...]
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02 March 2010
Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB) is pleased to announce the fifth anniversary of Camp Ayandeh, IAAB’s Iranian-American leadership camp for high school students, to be held at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California, July 6 -12, 2010. Through a positive and inclusive environment, Camp Ayandeh allows campers to develop leadership skills, foster strong friendships, [...]
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02 March 2010
By now we think you’ve probably heard about the leak in the shark-holding aquarium of popular UAE attraction, Dubai Mall–which coincidentally happened one day after the very unfortunate incident at Orlando’s Sea World, where an orca trainer was drowned while performing a routine exercise with the large animal. Check out Persian comedian, K-von’s latest adventure in Dubai–and at the [...]
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08 February 2010
February 4, 2010, Washington, DC – Now at 19 partners and counting, the coalition was formed to ensure maximum and consistent participation by Iranian Americans in the 2010 U.S. Census. The addition of new organizations strengthens and expands the coalition’s outreach and penetration, providing it with more resources and a larger platform for educating Iranian [...]
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01 February 2010
Nader Davoodi is an award winning artist, photographer, photojournalist and publisher. His work has at many times captured the zeitgeist of contemporary Iran. Nader Davoodi’s latest works visualise the poetry of the Mo’jjam History by the 13th century A.D. Iranian poet Ghazvini. The compilations in the Mojj’am History chronicle Iran’s Shahs (kings) from the reign of [...]
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01 February 2010
We are pleased to announce that the festival committee has extended the deadline of the 2nd Annual Farhang Foundation Short Film Festival to Monday, February 22, 2010. This year, filmmakers from all walks of life, Iranian and non-Iranian, are invited to create a music video (less than 9 minutes). A music video is a short movie or [...]
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15 January 2010
At a recent industry party in Hollywood, CA, Italian-Americans and Iranian-Americans had a little more than just their homeland flag colors in common. Iranian-American comedian, K-von, was hanging with MTV’s Jersey Shore cast members and current media-obsessions, Mike “The situation” Sorrentino and Nicole “Snookie” Polizzi. Having been on “a handful of TV shows,” K-von is in [...]
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13 January 2010
Iranian-American actor and mega-comedian, Maz Jobrani, is set to star in ABC’s first Iranian-American comedy pilot based on Firoozeh Dumas’s book about growing up in the 1970s in Newport Beach, California: Funny in Farsi. For those that know, Persian humor is truly some of the most clever and unique form of comedy. And with Maz Jobrani’s timing and [...]
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08 January 2010
Washington, DC–The 1979 revolution resulted in a clear and massive brain drain for Iran and created an estimated annual financial loss comparative to the yearly cost of the Iran-Iraq War: Causing Iran to miss out on the power of its people’s collective intelligence. However, the flip side is: Iranians live all over the world now and [...]
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07 January 2010
Presented in conjunction with Falnama: The Book of Omens, the 2010 Iranian Film Festival begins on January 8th at Washington, DC’s Freer and Sackler Galleries. Amongst the five new films are: “A Man Who Ate His Cherries” by Payman Haghani, “Shirin” by Abbas Kiarostami, “Two-Legged Horse” by Samira Makhmalbaf, and “Heiran” by Shalizeh Arefpour; in addition to a [...]
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06 January 2010
To celebrate the 2010 Persian New, The British Museum has joined forces with the charity Magic of Persia for a weekend of workshops and activities aimed at re-educating children about the rich and diverse cultural traditions and heritage of Iran. On the weekend of the 20th and 21st of March, events including games, arts and [...]
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05 January 2010
Washington, DC–Marking the 30-year anniversary of the Islamic Republic’s existence and reign in Iran, the year 2009 went by…well, fast. The summer of 2009, not so much. The Iranian election–which took the world by shock with its results and brutal force used on Iranian citizens by government-led orders–began in June and lasted throughout the summer: Most of [...]
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28 December 2009
Ana Lily Amirpour is working on her next project, a short film called KETAB, about a lonely young guy in Tehran who goes to buy a book. On the surface it appears to be a very basic story, but as it unfolds, a more intricate world is revealed, one that touches on the current dichotomies [...]
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