Friday, July 4, 2008 
I’ll be on LA’s Iranian radio station, KIRN 670 AM, on Tuesday, May 13, talking with Suzi Khatami during her live show at 8 pm PST, mostly about Pars Arts and maybe some other stuff. It’s my first time on radio!
You can listen live here. (Click the “Listen Live” link at the top of the […]
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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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Another year, another Shabeh Yalda… that’s right, kids, it’s time to bust out the pomegranate and halva and celebrate the longest night of the year. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, the IRNA has a good write-up and there’s also the Wikipedia page.
This site was on hiatus for most of the last […]
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I’m excited to announce the first Pars Arts-commissioned photography, featured in our homepage sidebar. Refresh the page, and each time you’ll see one of eight beautifully shot pictures of Persian artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The photos we had there before were almost all pulled from the web, so it’s great to have […]
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Sorry for the lack of posts this week - lots coming as soon as I have a free minute, I promise. In the meantime, check out this interview about Pars Arts with Global Voices. I really love the Global Voices blog and always look forward to seeing their updates in my feed reader. Many thanks […]
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Well, sort of: There’s a nice shout-out to Pars Arts at the end of this clip, right after the bit about the homophobic gorilla (yes, you read that right). Thanks, Bebin!
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We’ve relaunched our site - it’s now being hosted on WordPress and it’s accessible exclusively via ParsArts.com.
Why the relaunch? This project was started in December 2006 with the intention of creating a community of young Iranian writers and artists and readers. We hope this layout helps us get closer to that.
Please be patient as we […]
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