Torsheedeh: The Significance of Being a Sour Iranian Woman
Parisa Parnian aka the Savage Muse of Los Angeles, recalls the moment of her youthful liberation.
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Two Poems by Sophia Armen
L.A. Armenian poet and activist Sophia Armen is an American original.
Farzad Kohan: Love, Migration, Identity
Farzad Kohan's art is a bridge and commentary on his Iranian and American worlds, sometimes converging, at other times colliding.
The World Grows Blackthorn Walls
A new poem by Sholeh Wolpé from the forthcoming collection, Abacus of Loss, University of Arkansas Press 2022.
Are Iranians—Restricted by the Trump Era Muslim-Country Ban—White?
With The Limits of Whiteness sociologist Neda Maghbouleh makes the case for the new, radical idea that a white American immigrant group can (and ought to) have the transformative power to become brown.
“The Persian Connection” Reviewed
Daniel Y-Li Grove and Reza Sixo Safai’s New Wave neon Noir takes us for an exhilarating ride.
Historian and Women’s Rights Advocate Reveals Women of Iran
Iranian American delves beneath the surface of stereotypes about women in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“Off the Radar” Grapples with Iranian-American Identities
Off the Radar: A Father’s Secret, a Mother’s Heroism, and a Son’s Quest, by Cyrus Copeland Blue Rider Press (2015) ISBN: 9780399158506 Jordan Elgrably Having parents from two different… Continue reading “Off the Radar” Grapples with Iranian-American Identities