Wednesday, August 20, 2008 
Tonight, if you’re in LA, you should really check out the Javad Party going on tonight in the Valley. Javads are as close as Iranians get to Britain’s chavs, so that means ridiculous outfits, strange and funny jargon, and generally awesome antics.
Tonight’s party requires a Javad costume. See the party’s flyer for more info.
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Iranian-Canadian actress Saba Homayoon and Neil Hopkins star in this clever “homage” to French New Wave cinema. If you’ve ever had to sit through Godard without the benefit of a film studies degree and thus had no idea what was going on or why it was a big deal, you’ll totally love this.
And watch it […]
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On October 23rd, PBS will begin airing a Frontline examination of U.S.-Iranian relations, ominously called Showdown With Iran.
The title and previews for this show seem to beat war drums; I’m encouraged only by the fact that PBS is airing this special. PBS has a long history of being even-handed in its political coverage and I […]
Filed under: POLITICS, TELEVISION, VIDEOS, WAR
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Nazanin of Iranian Truth just wrote a post pointing to a PostGlobal article by Amar Bakshi about Iranian-Americans and how they feel about U.S.-Iran relations. The PostGlobal project counts Hossein Derakhshan and Ali Ettefagh as its two Iran-expert bloggers, and Bakshi’s series, “How the World Sees America,” looked at Iranians in Los Angeles recently. His […]
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SNL’s take on Ahmadinejad…
Highlight: “I know you say there’s no gays in Iran… but you’re in New York now, baby.”
(Thanks, Shobeir!)Thoughts?
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After Iran’s president last week uttered his ludicrous statement about Iran not having any gays, here’s a Washington Post essay penned by a 25-year-old gay Iranian man, Amir, that strikes back. And here’s a NY Times article by Nazila Fathi, which essentially says the same thing as Amir’s essay - that gay culture, like many […]
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Just saw this video series on Iranian.com and had to point to it. It’s a sort of video opus, called “I am Mohsen Namjoo.” There are five parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. I’ve only watched bits of the first two; the second includes scenes of him taking a shower as he addresses the camera. […]
Filed under: CULTURE, MUSIC, VIDEOS
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