Friday, July 4, 2008 
photo credit: Mahyar
Ah, Norooz! Tonight, as Iranians ’round the globe celebrate Chaharshanbeh Soori by jumping over fire (or candles, in my case) for good luck in the new year (1387, in case you’re keeping count), I’m taking a little time to reflect on everyone’s recent time off from the site. You probably noticed that […]
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Photos and Video by Armaghan Saremi
The 13th day of Norooz, aka Sizdeh Bedar, marks the end of Persian New Year celebrations. You’re supposed to get out of the house for good luck, and being that this year was the first that I wasn’t with the fam, I took myself to Jafar Panahi’s Offside (review to […]
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Just a quick post to share this list of more upcoming Norooz stuff in NYC we got in our inbox, this time from Shabeh Jomeh. We’re looking forward to the Persian parade!
Organizer: NYU Persian Cultural Society Nowrooz PartyDate: Saturday March 24Time: 8pm-12amPlace: NYU Kimmel Center 4th floor (60 Washington Sq South btw Thompson […]
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Photo: Hanieh Bastani
Happy Persian New Year! If you’re reading this and you’re not Persian, combine traditional New Year’s anticipation, presents from Christmas, birthday cash, brand-new-schoolyear outfits, spring cleaning, picnics in the park, feasts, a strange blackface version of an un-Santa Claus, and you’ve got the basic ingredients of Persian New Year spirit. Intrigued? Can you […]
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photo: IRNA, via Iran Zamin
Hello, DC, you hotbed of Iranians. Norooz festivities everywhere are mostly over, but in case you, like us, spent most of this weekend either imbibing with our Irish brethren (like Iranians, their wariness of the British lingers and they like to dance) or trying not to slip on ice (damn this […]
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For all you young NYC Persian kids, mshab is throwing a party (flyer above) on March 10. I love their “all for one,” all-inclusive, community-building approach (see other flyers to see what I mean). Mshab, you’re beautiful, too.
The people who put on the New York Persian Parade also host Chahar Shanbe Soori on March 13. […]
(photo: Ali Reza Najafian)
It’s almost Norooz (also spelled Nowruz, Norouz, and about a million other ways), or Persian New Year, time to clean house and get ready to party like it’s 1386. The Persian New Year falls on the vernal equinox, so each year starts precisely with the coming of spring, and the celebrations go […]
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