The Shahs are back for another season!

To mark the International Day of Friendship the UN encourages governments, international organizations and civil society groups to hold events, activities and initiatives that contribute to the efforts of the […]

Asia Society’s must-see film series, Iranian New Wave 1960s-1970s features rarely screened films of an extraordinary film movement that took place before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. During the cosmopolitan and yet turbulent period of the 1960s-1970s, an auteur cinema emerged and responded actively to the cultural, political, and social conditions of the time.

Held at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London during Frieze Week, the MOP CAP 2013 Finalists’ Exhibition features works by seven emerging Iranian artists, selected by an international judging panel from a shortlist of 19.

The Finalists’ Exhibition includes works in a diverse range of media including video, installation and photography, submitted by the artists who live and work both in and outside of Iran.

A mix of Iranian artists (living in Iran and abroad) including: Farideh Lashai, Shirazeh Houshiary, Reza Mafi, Farhad Moshiri, Shirin Neshat, Faramarz Pilaram, Leila Pazooki, Behjat Sadr, Hadie Shafie, Esrafil Shirchi, Parviz Tanavoli, Hossein Zenderoudi will have their work(s) on display at “Calligraffiti 1984/2013”, in New York at the Leila Heller Gallery.

The 6th annual Iranian Film Festival in San Francisco isyearly event showcasing independent features and short films made by, or about, Iranians from around the world, created by IranianFilmFestival.org, an organization that is busy “discovering the next generation of Iranian filmmakers”.

The contemporary Persian miniature painting featured in the image above, left, is Iranian artist, Soheila Sokhanvari’s, work. Sokhanvari uses semi-precious pigments, 22 ct gold, Lapis Lazuli, silver and egg tempera on parchment employing traditional techniques used in medieval illuminated manuscripts.

“The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: A New Beginning” concludes its U.S. tour at the at the J. Paul Getty Museum, from October 2–December 2, 2013. The Cyrus Cylinder is one of […]

Join celebrity chef Penny Davidi  for a culinary tour of Crete. Davidi was a finalist on the popular Food Network Star and Chopped All-Stars cable shows.

AB Gallery (Lucerne/Zurich) and kunstundhelden (Berlin) are cooperatively pleased to present works by Samira Hodaei.

“I’m honored, but more so, impressed…A gay man [chosen] as ‘Man of the Year’, shows progress.”

Massoume Price adds four new books to her Culture of Iran book series: Medieval Iran, Modern Iran (which cover Iranian history and art by using hundreds of images from objects in major museums […]

” I Dream of Jeannie” will examine the Neo Orientalist themes so readily found within American popular culture.

I was visiting an Iranian friend recently, when my eye caught the light hitting the red-foiled, calligraphic title of the newly-released cookbook, Pomegranates and Roses, by Ariana Bundy. The title […]

Set to appear on “Chopped All Stars”, a spinoff of the Food Network’s popular show “Chopped”, Penny is one busy Persian mom.

The design project is a collaboration with regional artists, bloggers, musicians and filmmakers to design and create their own version of the iconic T7 Track Jacket at an exclusive workshop event in Dubai, where the select few will put their creative savvy to work and build a bespoke PUMA Creative Factory T7 jacket from an assortment of materials and fabrics.

There’s no rooz like Norooz! Norooz (Persian: New day) 1391 is here. Is your haft seen set? Do you have on some new clothes? Are you getting ready to meet […]

We know you’ve been eagerly anticipating the airing of what’s sure to be another Bravo and Ryan Seacrest hit reality TV show: “Shahs of Sunset“! In the first episode  of […]

She’s back! Persian actress Sarah Shahi‘s show, “Fairly Legal“, begins its second season starting Friday, March 16th, 2012 at 9/8 C. Shahi’s plays feisty ex-attorney-turned-mediator, Kate Reed, who is a […]