Banned for Not Wearing Hijab, Chess Champion Joins U.S. Team
Dorsa Derakhshani, a chess player who was banned from Iran’s national women's team for refusing to wear the hijab, has just joined the U.S. team.
According to the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Derakhshani previously...
US’s 1988 Downing of Iran Air Flight Inspires Acclaimed Novel By Kaveh Akbar
By Nazanine Nouri
The critically acclaimed Iranian-American poet Kaveh Akbar has just released his debut novel “Martyr” — the story of a young man who mourns the death of his mother in the accidental U.S. ...
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Fighter for Iran-Backed Hezbollah Speaks to Kayhan Life
By Ahmad Rafat
In recent months, several mid-ranking fighters of the Iran-backed Hezbollah organization in Lebanon have left, citing the Islamic Republic’s control over the movement, its involvement in the Syrian conflict and its support...
Learning Farsi in L.A.: UCLA Opens Cultural Doors for the Children of Iranian Emigres
By Julie Ershadi
The campus at the University of California, Los Angeles hardly stirs after dark on a week night. Yet during those times, it is host to a quiet cultural phenomenon.
The campus at the University of California, Los Angeles hardly stirs after dark on a week night. Yet during those times, it is host to a quiet cultural phenomenon.
Emmy Award Winner Ramita Navai Produces Powerful New Film on Post-ISIS Iraq
News programs are dominated these days by reports that the Islamic State, or ISIS, has been chased out of this or that stretch of Iraqi territory. Logically, that should mean an end to atrocities and human-rights violations.
Elderly Iranians Feel At Home At Noor Active Living in Santa Clara
By Julie Ershadi
Mahin Afkhami worked for an affiliate of Iran's information and tourism ministry in the 1970s when the Revolution broke out. She and her husband, who had four children studying at universities in...
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,...
‘Tips for Survival’: Interview with Filmmaker, Actress Reem Kadem
By Fred Parvaneh
Reem Kadem is an American-born Iraqi actress, filmmaker and activist living in Los Angeles.She is best known for playing the lead role in "Nawal the Jewel," inspired by the story of Reyhaneh...
Motorcycling Through 45 Countries: Interview with Maral Yazarloo
By Fred Parvaneh
A motorcycle ride across 45 countries and seven continents, with no back-up vehicles or support teams: that's the bold 18-month adventure that Iranian-born Maral Yazarloo began in Mumbai, India, on 15th March...
Iranian-American Judge Kraus Gets Elected to New York’s Civil Court, Helps Lawyers of Iranian...
If the name Sabrina Setareh Kraus doesn't mean anything to you yet, rest assured: it soon will – especiallly if you live in New York.
Born in New York State in 1966 to Jewish-Iranian parents who had left the country only two years earlier, Sabrina completed her studies in her home state. She got her Bachelor’s Degree from Colgate University in 1988, and her Juris Doctor from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1991.
A year later, she started her career as an associate at the Kucker Kraus & Bruh LLP law firm. Six years later, she was a partner. Two years after that, she was out the door to take up another senior position: as a partner at Borah Goldstein Altschuler Schwartz & Nahins, P.C.
