Perspectives Exhibition in London: Yassi Golshani
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 […]
Iranian Youth & Camp Future: Iranian Alliances Across Borders Announces Fifth Anniversary of Camp Ayandeh
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 […]
Miami Winter Music Conference 2010: Namito at Yoshitoshi Anniversary Party
We’ve got some fantastic news for all you dance/trance/house/electro-music fans! One of the world’s number one DJ/Producers, the über-gifted Namito (pronounced na-mee-tow), also known as the mastermind behind the sexy Kling […]
Norooz: Freer and Sackler Galleries Celebrate the Persian New Year
For the second year, the Freer and Sackler galleries will mark the Persian New Year, known as “Nowruz,” with traditional displays of the haft sin table, fire jumping, storytelling, live […]
K-von’s Adventures: Dubai Mall
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 […]
Carpet-Board: Persian Rugs on Wheels
You like? We do! In fact: we love! Throughout time, Persian patterns have remained of the most enlightened, delicate, and precisely-detailed in the world…And we simply adore seeing more and more parts of our […]
Press Release: Iranian Artist Nader Davoodi at Xerxes Art
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 […]
Project Runway Season 7: Interview with Fashion Designer Amy Sarabi
Seems like it was just last season (season six to be exact) that we got our fix of “Iranians on TV”–via the tiny Persian designer, Shirin Askari–on Lifetime‘s Project Runway. […]
Iranian and Gay: Interview with Comedian Mehran Khaghani
In some cultures being “openly gay” can be difficult to navigate. Yet, gay Persian comedian, Mehran Khaghani, sets the stage for the rest by joyful example(s): Living and thinking fabulously. Mehran […]
MTV’s Jersey Shore: K-von, Snookie, and The Situation
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 […]
Funny in Farsi on ABC: Maz Jobrani Takes Over Your Tube
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 […]
Iranian-American Woman of the Year: Shabnam Rezaei
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 […]
Iranian Film Festival 2010: Freer + Sackler Galleries’ Meyer Auditorium
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 […]
Norooz 1389: Persian New Year at The British Museum
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 […]
Iranian-American Man of the Year: Borzou Daragahi
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 […]
Ketab – A Short Film: Ana Lily Amirpour Headed to Tribeca
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 […]
Prince of Persia: Dastan Featurette
Watch the just-released featurette of Dastan, played by the newly-six-pack-sporting Jake Gyllenhaal, in Disney‘s Jerry-Bruckheimer-directed (and much-anticipated) action/adventure movie: Prince of Persia; The Sands of Time, based on the video game […]
Fataneh Dadkhah: Balouchi Brides
Candlestar is delighted to present photographs by Iranian artist Fataneh Dadkhah. Fataneh Dadkhah is a pioneer of stage-photography as an artistic discipline in Iran. She has documented the rebirth of […]
In Vogue: Shiva Rose on Divorce from Dean McDermott and Beyond
Daughter of perpetual-Iranian-TV-personality, Gharib Afshar, the Persian beauty who says she’s “not going to be the cougar in mini-skirts” and is yearning for “suits for the first time in [her] […]
Max Amini on Showtime: Bridging the Gap – The Middle East Comedy Talks
East-Coast-bred Iranian comedian, Max Amini, is set to tape a comedy show for the Showtime network: “Bridging the Gap: The Middle East Comedy Talks“. “I will be doing a live taping […]