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Spring Equinox: Persian New Year, Norooz 1391 (2012)
 
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Spring Equinox: Persian New Year, Norooz 1391 (2012)

There’s no rooz like Norooz!

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Art Review: Parastou Forouhar’s European Exhibit

On the occasion of their 20th anniversary, the IFA (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen/Institute for Foreign Relations) galleries in Berlin and Stuttgart present “Political Patterns: Changing Ornaments”, the third exhibition in the series “Cultural Transfers“. The series addresses the reciprocal influence among different cultures, which are manifested in political, economical and social structures as well as social [...]

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Casting Call: Party Down South

Party Down South Casting Tour! Doron Ofir Casting & 495 Productions announce their latest casting call, for their most recent project, The Party Down South (working title). We know the Iranian-American community is a formidable group in the US that expands across the coastlines, boundaries, and cliques…but do we have any representatives in the South? [...]

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Remembrance: Flashmob in Paris in Support of 2-Year Anniversary of #IranElection

Arranged by United4Iran and Move4Iran–two non-profit organizations focusing on human rights issues in Iran–a flashmob dedicated to all the lives lost and all the courageous Iranians who stood up for their rights during the 2009 #IranElection, took place in a Paris, France metro station on June 12, 2011, to mark two year anniversary of Iran’s [...]

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Interview: “David” Starring Maz Jobrani

I know it's not a perfect film (very few are), but it is a project I'm proud of. I think that people will leave the theater discussing some of the topics that are raised by the film.

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Shoja Azari & Shahram Karimi: Pop Up Exhibition at Tripoli Gallery in NY

A solo exhibition of collaborative work by video artist and filmmaker Shoja Azari and painter Shahram Karimi will be on view at LTMH Gallery’s pop-up exhibition at Tripoli Gallery of Contemporary Art, in Southampton, NY from July 29 – August 15, 2011. Featured in the exhibition are the artists’ innovative “video paintings,” which combine painting [...]

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Wellness Tips: Keeping Healthy During the Summer

The summer season is upon us. The kids are out of school and families are planning for excursions that will take them on both long and short distance travel. Whether traveling on a plane, ship, train, or a personal car we all do better with a planned itinerary; a road map if you will to [...]

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Reign of the Shah: Traffic Presents Bilal Aquil

In his first solo exhibition, Reign of the Shah, inspired by the Shahnameh (Book of Kings), UK-born artist, Bilal Aquil narrates a story of the assassination of a Shah of the Imperial Court and the subsequent battles that follow to avenge his death and establish the power of the new Shah.

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My Persian Nights: UKIFF Presents Iranian Films

UKIFF aims to bring the "finest Iranian cinema to London." And from now until the London Iranian Film Festival which will take place in November 2011, UKIFF will be hosting a series of special screenings, bimonthly. Titled "My Persian Nights", the scheduled screenings of Iranian films will take place on the 5th and 25th of every month.

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