Posted on 16 October 2009. Tags: albus cavus, Alex Goldstein, art exhibit, Arts & Entertainment, dj dariush, duke ellington school of the arts, eric esmailzadeh parnes, eric robert parnes, i ran home, I RAN Home (In America), iranian artist, iranian artists, paaia, persian artists, the fridge dc, the pink line project
Starbucks, Eric Robert Parnes
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 politics. In reality, Iranian-American artists are multi-faceted with different and conflicting identities and influences. Their work may be affected by political realities, but not decided by them. In I RAN Home (In America), these diverse influences unite in profoundly personal artworks which strive to achieve acceptance and understanding from all viewers. Moreover, the genre educates the American public about Iranian culture and reveals the effects of Diaspora on community identity.
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Posted on 17 August 2009. Tags: anti-defamation league, babak hoghooghi, bratz vs. barbie, iaba, iajf, iranian jewish, iranian-american entrepreneur, isaac larian, mga, mga vs. mattel, paaia, racism, salman elmi
MGA CEO Isaac Larian -- Original Photo: WSJ
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 glass house today… or tomorrow.
Posted in Features, Iran & Iranians, Lifestyle, News, Persian
Posted on 12 April 2009. Tags: amnesty international, iranian alliances across boarders, iranian diaspora, niac, paaia, parsa, parsa foundation, tehrnosaurus
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.
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