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Project: One Day - A Collective Narrative of Tehran

Project: One Day - A Collective Narrative of Tehran

November 4, 2009 – January 23, 2010 Intersection for the art, San Francisco A project organized by Taraneh Hemami & Ghazaleh Hedayat Featuring the work of eight artists living in Tehran, Iran; Nima Alizadeh, Saba Alizadeh, Mohamm

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Posters: Students' Day Nov. 4th 2009

Posters: Students' Day Nov. 4th 2009

An exhibition of 13 selected posters made by supporters of Green movement in Iran to encourage people to protest on Students' day. According to an unofficial Iranian state media, Fars, last year thousands of people gathered around the

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Iranian Enlightenment Week - New York City

dervish-iNov. 06 – Asia Society: Women of Iran Film Series: Border Cafe
Nov. 07 – Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery: Roya Akhavan: Nexus
Nov. 08 – Open Center: Lecture, An Evening of Persian Mystical Poetry
Nov. 10 – New York University: Hafez Nazeri, Meet the Artist
Nov. 11 – Asia Society: A Conversation/Demo, Shahram and Hafez Nazeri
Nov. 14 – Carnegie Hall: Rumi Symphony Project: Cycle 1 performance
Nov. 20 – Metropolitan Museum of Art: Artistic Lineages in Persian Painting, Lecture by Dr. Layla S. Diba

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Exhibition: A Diasporic offering to the Ancestors

Join Priya Assal and many other SF BayArea artists at Oakland’s Gallery 550
Nov 6th – 28th 2009

http://www.vimeo.com/1876991

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NBA's Iranian Heritage Nights

Hamed-Haddadi - Memphis Grizzlies

Hamed Haddadi - Memphis Grizzlies

November 4, 2009 – Memphis Grizzlies vs. Golden State Warriors
November 29, 2009 – Memphis Grizzlies vs. L.A. Clippers

Golden State Warriors game: Farshid Amin will sing the National Anthem and Niosha dance academy will perform during halftime.

L.A. Clippers game: Andy will sing the National Anthem and the Luna RAQS Dance Academy will perform during halftime.

A portion of each ticket will benefit the Hamid Haddai Javanan Foundation

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Project: One Day - A Collective Narrative of Tehran

Collective-Narrative-TehranNovember 4, 2009 – January 23, 2010
Intersection for the art, San Francisco

A project organized by Taraneh Hemami & Ghazaleh Hedayat

Featuring the work of eight artists living in Tehran, Iran; Nima Alizadeh, Saba Alizadeh, Mohammad Ghazali, Ghazaleh Hedayat, Abbas Kowsari, Mehran Mohajer, Neda Razavipour, and Homayoun Sirizi – alongside new work by San Francisco-based artist Taraneh Hemami.

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Report: Global Gender Gap Index 2009

global-gender-gap-report-iIceland has claimed the top spot of the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2009 from Norway which slipped to third position behind Finland. South Africa and Lesotho made great strides in closing their gender gaps to enter the top 10 for the first time. The report’s Index assesses countries on how well they are dividing their resources and opportunities among their male and female populations, regardless of the overall levels of these resources and opportunities. A sample of ranks; 31-USA  45-ISR  51-RUS  60-CHN  75-JPN  82-BRA  99-MEX  128-IRN  129-TUR  134-YEM

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Video: Namjoo Music

Mohsen Namjoo Cielito-Lindo feat Golshifteh Farahani YouTube Preview Image

Posters: Students' Day Nov. 4th 2009

lissnup-4044164205-You-are-the-media-iconAn exhibition of 13 selected posters made by supporters of Green movement in Iran to encourage people to protest on Students’ day.

According to an unofficial Iranian state media, Fars, last year thousands of people gathered around the old US embassy walls that students scaled on November 4, 1979, chanting different slogans, including “Death to America”.

This year, the Green movement supporters also would like to participate (since there is no need to get permission to protest and be denied). Unlike last year Green posters says “Death to No One”, and have more messages of peace.

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Photos: The Life of Nomads in Iran

Nomads-in-Iran

Nomadic people are communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. There are an estimated 30-40 million nomads in the world. Many cultures have traditionally been nomadic, but traditional nomadic behavior is increasingly rare in industrialized countries.

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