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.
Women’s Rights & Sexuality in Revolutionary Iran: Interview with Novelist Ingrid Leksand
By Nazenin Ansari
Born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1960, Ingrid Leksand (not the author's real name) moved to the UK with her family when she was five years old. Her father was an engineer whose...
Wikipedia Has a Rival, Everipedia: Meet Co-Founder Mahbod Moghadam
By Fred Parvaneh Iranian-Americans Mahbod Moghadam and Sam Kazemian are the duo behind the fast-growing competitor to Wikipedia: Everipedia.
A serial entrepreneur, Moghadam – a Yale Fulbright Scholar to France and a Stanford Law School...
The Extraordinary Life of Maryam Mirzakhani, ‘Queen of Mathematics’
By Roshanak Asteraky
The pioneering mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani – the first woman and Iranian to be awarded the Fields Medal, mathematics's highest honor – died on July 14 at the age of 40.
Nicknamed the "Queen...
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.
The Gonabadi Dervishes: Gnostics, Royal Advisors, Political and Religious Adversaries
by Nazenin Ansari
In the latest strike against Gonabadi dervishes of the Nematollahi Order in Iran, government authorities have isolated Dr. NoorAli Tabandeh, its spiritual master (Gutb), from his bodyguards and trusted assistants. They had...
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...
Hundreds Convene at Iranian Women’s Leadership Conference in London
By Corrie Parsonson
The first-ever Iranian Women’s Leadership Conference in London attracted more than 300 panelists and attendees to the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington on September 23. The event was organized by the Iranian...
Nowruz Events in Europe
By Tara Biglari
Nowruz, the Persian New Year, marks the first day of spring and is an Iranian word that translates as "New Day." The holiday is celebrated by Iranians across the globe with week-long...
Iranian-Born Winemakers Run All-Natural Vineyard in Oregon
By Julie Ershadi
The Momtazi family own and operate the Maysara Winery and Momtazi Vineyards in the town of McMinnville, located in Oregon’s lush wine country. Moe Momtazi and his wife Flora left Iran in...
