Category: Iranian-American Community & Heritage
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From defending our community’s rights and preventing war to building Iranian-American power, NIAC’s first 20 years have been transformational. Help us shape the next 20 years.
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Click here to read this in English. شورای ملی ایرانیان آمریکا (نایاک) در رابطه با نمایش فیلم مستند ‘افسانه بناسان’ یا R...
For Iranians and the diaspora, one story that is central to our shared identity is the 11th century epic by Ferdowsi, Shahnameh (The Book of Kings). Recollecting the heroic tales and fantastic legends...
For Iranian Americans, the coming of the Spring season brings renewal, celebrations, and festivities with family and friends. The Persian new year, or Norooz, starts at the precise moment that Winter ...
Like many immigrant groups in the United States, Iranian Americans carry their heritage and history with them to their new home. Much of the Iranian-American population immigrated to the U.S. after th...
من در ایالات متحده با والدین ایرانی متولد و بزرگ شدهام و همانند فرزندان بسیاری از خانوادههای مهاجر، با نو...
Though born in Iran, the term world citizen is fitting for filmmaker Tina Gharavi. She left Iran at age six before the ramifications of the revolution had transformed the country. Gharavi left her...
Iranian-American director, Gobi Rahimi, immigrated to the United States at a particularly difficult time to be of Iranian heritage in America. Moving to the States shortly after Iranian students s...
An Iranian-American immigrant, Soudabeh Moradian spent most of her life in Iran where she went to school to study cinema at the University of Tehran. She immigrated to the United States in 2009, b...
Born and raised in the United States, Caveh Zahedi is an Iranian-American filmmaker that found his inspiration in films as an outlet for his political interests and artistic expression. ...
Sitting in a small theater in Southern California, I watched the Iranian documentary film, Finding Farideh, amongst a theater full of fellow Iranian Americans. ...
Films are a universal medium, a way to communicate across groups, barriers, and borders. They are simultaneously an expression of an individual person and a collective group. Though set in differe...
On September 26th, NIAC took New York by storm to host the organization's annual Ruby Gala. From a diverse array of inspiring speakers to a lively cocktail hour, the evening brought together our ...