Friday, July 4, 2008 
In her first children’s book, Grow, Watermelon, Grow, New York-based Iranian designer/illustrator Charlotte Noruzi uses both Western and Iranian themes to tell a story from her childhood. The resulting work is bright, cheerful drawings about a little girl who insists on growing her own watermelon.
Because much of the book relies on an elegant mix of […]
Filed under: ART, BOOKS, DESIGN, INTERVIEWS, INTERVIEWS WITH YOUNG IRANIANS
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The photo blog Life Goes on in Tehran highlights ordinary Tehran life in an effort to dispel Western myths and poorly slanted media coverage about Iran. It has a very insider quality that makes you feel like you’re on your own Tehran visit. The man behind the site, 28-year-old Azad (last name withheld for reasons […]
Filed under: BLOGS, CULTURE, INTERNET, INTERVIEWS, INTERVIEWS WITH YOUNG IRANIANS, IRAN, PHOTOGRAPHY
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Maryam Kashani is an Iranian-Japanese-American filmmaker whose first documentary feature, Best in the West was released in 2006 and has been screening at festivals. The film tells the story of Kashani’s father and his Iranian friends who all ended up in San Francisco during the 1960s and 1970s, tying their narrative to the turbulent time […]
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Porochista Khakpour’s Sons and Other Flammable Objects is the first great Iranian-American novel, breathless and overwhelmingly good. Its protagonist, Xerxes Adam, Iranian immigrant and son of Iranian immigrants Darius and Lala (nee Laleh) - whose relationship with his father is broken, who is lost in his vague notions of homeland - awkwardly and uncomfortably grows […]
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Ali Seradge is a 28-year-old artist living in Oklahoma City. He has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Oklahoma and a Masters of Public Health.
His artwork has been published in various journals, and hung multiple times in OVAC’s 12 x 12, LiT lounge in OKC, as well as other venues.
A selection […]
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We wrote a post about Iranian-American musician Haale after seeing her play live a few weeks ago, and we’re happy to follow that up with a podcast we recorded last week (see below). She released two EPs last month, which you can purchase on her website, haale.com, or via iTunes. Enjoy:
Pars Arts podcast with Haale(Please […]
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We’re pleased to present our first post in the Interviews with Young Iranians Series on parsarts.com. In this series, we’ll be talking to young Iranians to watch - they’re doing cool things in their respective fields, and getting noticed for them. One of these is up-and-coming actor Omid Abtahi, who has been a cast member […]
Filed under: FILM, INTERVIEWS, INTERVIEWS WITH YOUNG IRANIANS, TELEVISION
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