Haleh Khatami is an advocate of children, who strongly believes that education is the key to rising above socio-economic crisis. In the last 25 years, Haleh has been continuously and voluntarily pursu...
Last year, Mayor Pro Tempore Sepi Shyne made history when she became the first lesbian and first woman of color elected to West Hollywood’s City Council, ushering in their first female-majority City...
Last year, Mayor Pro Tempore Sepi Shyne made history when she became the first lesbian and first woman of color elected to West Hollywood’s City Council, ushering in their first female-majority City...
In a new book from Cambridge University Press, Women and the Islamic Republic: How Gendered Citizenship Conditions the Iranian State, author Shirin Saeidi explores the formation of women’s rights, r...
Already a two-time academy-award winner—for A Separation (2011) and The Salesman (2016)—Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has shown once again why he has emerged as one of Iran’s preeminent filmma...
Click here to read the Op-Ed in English. Click here to read the full report in English. یادداشت از عسل راد من نیز مانند میلیونها آمریکایی، در دنیا...
As we reflect on the past year, many of our proudest moments came from showcasing artists, authors, and creatives at book talks, our open mic nights, and community programming. With the holiday season...
Our seventh Community Artist Series highlight is--Sarvin Haghighi, Iranian American visual artist based in Chicago, Illinois. ...
Our sixth Community Artist Series highlight is--Jessie Massoudi, Iranian American soprano singer and native of Southern California....
Our fifth Community Artist Series highlight is--Zachary Tirgan also known as Nouhi’s Nomad, he is a singer, songwriter, and a professional opera singer based in New York City. ...
Our fourth Community Artist Series highlight is--Gilda Amini, a practicing attorney in Chicago, former Director at the Chicago Persian School, and sings at The Persian Concert with the Middle East Mus...
In her debut novel, Perfectly Parvin, author Olivia Abtahi tells the story of 14-year-old Parvin Mohammadi, a second-generation Iranian American who navigates the trials of adolescence with the added ...