Serial Entrepreneur Hadi Partovi Wants the Whole World to Learn Code
By Peyman Pejman
Hadi Partovi and his twin brother Ali are part of a generation of Iranian-Americans whose work consists of improving the daily life of millions of people around the world. The brothers, serial investors and entrepreneurs, are also the founders of Code.org, which campaigns for introducing computer science courses in all public schools across the United States.
Hadi Partovi and his twin brother Ali are part of a generation of Iranian-Americans whose work consists of improving the daily life of millions of people around the world. The brothers, serial investors and entrepreneurs, are also the founders of Code.org, which campaigns for introducing computer science courses in all public schools across the United States.
How Gender Reassignment Works in Iran: Interview with Shaya Goldoost
The number of transgender persons who have decided to undergo sex reassignment surgery (SRS) in Iran has significantly increased in recent years, according to the health website Salamat News (salamatnews.com), citing a report by...
PROFILE: Venice Festival Awardwinner Shahram Mokri Makes Film About Cinema Fire
By Nazanine Nouri
This year’s Venice Film Festival gave a prestigious award to the Iranian director Shahram Mokri: He won the best original screenplay award in the festival’s parallel ‘Orizzonti’ section for his latest film,...
Pompeo: Trump’s “Hell, Yes, Man”?
Thomas M. Countryman is a career diplomat who served as United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, from 27 September 2011 to 27 January 2017.
He joined the US State Department...
World Ranking of Top Women-Owned Businesses Includes Shahrzad Rafati’s BroadbandTV
By Nazanine Nouri
Shahrzad Rafati, the Iranian-born Canadian founder and CEO of BroadbandTV (BBTV) Corporation Shahrzad Rafati -- who was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2018 to represent Canada on a pre-summit G20...
Iran Human Rights Activist Masih Alinejad Among Nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
By Nora Buli
OSLO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Iranian human rights campaigner Masih Alinejad, British nature broadcaster David Attenborough and the World Health Organization are among the nominees for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
https://kayhanlife.com/society/human-rights/u-s-senators-seek-sanctions-on-iran-over-alleged-plot-to-kidnap-journalist/
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Author Saïdeh Pakravan Evokes Iran, the Art World In Her Books
By Darius Kadivar
Saïdeh Pakravan, the award-winning fiction and non-fiction author, was born in Iran to a French-speaking family that included generations of successful diplomats and high-ranking bureaucrats. She is the granddaughter of another Iranian author, the highly regarded historian Emineh Pakravan, who wrote Le Prince Sans Histoire (Prix Rivarol, 1951).
Tara Gallery Founder Prefers Art to Aerospace
By Susanna Huth
To the average person, Iran and contemporary art don't necessarily go together. That's something Homa Taraji is determined to change. Based in L.A., she is director of the Tara Gallery and co-founder of the American Foundation for Contemporary Iranian Art.
To the average person, Iran and contemporary art don't necessarily go together. That's something Homa Taraji is determined to change. Based in L.A., she is director of the Tara Gallery and co-founder of the American Foundation for Contemporary Iranian Art.
Remembering Dariush Pirnia, Veteran Iranian Journalist and Ex-Diplomat
By Kayhan Life Staff
Dariush Pirnia, a prominent Iranian journalist and former diplomat during the Pahlavi era, died in Washington DC earlier this week, aged 82.
Mr. Pirnia was born on Dec. 23, 1937, in Tehran....
Getting Iranian-Americans to Vote: Neda Bolourchi’s Self-Assigned Mission
By Peyman Pejman
September 11, 2001 started out as a calm day for Neda Bolourchi in Los Angeles. The skies were clear, and the temperature was pleasant. But it was not to last. Bolourchi’s mother, who had been visiting her sister in Boston, happened to be on board United Airlines Flight 175 destined for Los Angeles. Bolourchi and her father were getting ready to go to the airport when they received a frantic call from a family friend.
September 11, 2001 started out as a calm day for Neda Bolourchi in Los Angeles. The skies were clear, and the temperature was pleasant. But it was not to last. Bolourchi’s mother, who had been visiting her sister in Boston, happened to be on board United Airlines Flight 175 destined for Los Angeles. Bolourchi and her father were getting ready to go to the airport when they received a frantic call from a family friend.
