Last summer, we covered a case in which a juror was removed for making slurs about Isaac Larian’s ethnicity, the Jewish, Iranian-born CEO of MGA, maker of Bratz, calling Iranians: “rude” and “thieves” who have “stolen other person’s [sic] ideas,” during a legal battle between Mattel and Barbie.

  IAAB is pleased to partner with PAAIA in bringing 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. The event, co-hosted by former CNN anchor, Rudi Bakhtiar, and accomplished actor/comedian, Maz Jobrani, is both educational and [...]

Washington, DC – The Fridge DC is pleased to present its November 2009 exhibition I RAN Home (In America), running November 5 through November 29, 2009. (Opening Reception: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 7:00-10:00 pm.) Iranian artists have become players in the national and international contemporary art scene, but too often, this genre is tied to [...]

Last year, a juror in the Barbie vs. Bratz trial was removed for making “slurs about the ethnicity of Isaac Larian, the Jewish, Iranian-born CEO of MGA, maker of Bratz.”  The jury-member’s hypocritcal verbal attack, calling Iranians: “rude” and “thieves” who have “stolen other person’s [sic] ideas”, leaves us pondering whether this juror should move out of their sheer [...]

By Leyla Serway Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB) was pleased to present the Fourth International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora the weekend of April 4-5, 2009 in Berkeley, California. The conference brought together scholars, students, journalists, activists, and a number of other leaders from across the globe for an engaging weekend of education and networking. [...]