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NooshTube™, The White House and Norouz! Here is the story.

Shirin — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 22:00:11 +0000

Last year, President Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama celebrated Norouz at the White House by bringing together various organizations and individuals. This year, they hosted the celebration once again, and NooshTube™ was invited to join. As an Iranian-American who has always believed in…

Presenting Leyla Shams: A Story Of An Iranian-Preneur (11)

Shirin — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:00:05 +0000

Whenever someone asks me if I speak Farsi, I wish I could say “100% yes!”. Unfortunately, I am not fluent in Farsi. I speak Azeri, which is obviously also cool, however, most Iranians speak Farsi. And so, when I came…

“Building Bridges with Friendship, Culture, and Humor: My Life as an Iranophile” by John Henry Silva, Guest blogger (4)

Shirin — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:36:32 +0000

As a non-Iranian Iranophile my friends who are Iranian often are surprised that I know a thing or two about t’aarofing. So I’ll start off with a joke. A woman is ready to give birth to twins. She is waiting,…

Presenting Sara Ketabi: A Story Of An Iranian-Preneur (10)

Shirin — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:00:00 +0000

I have been following Sara’s website for a long time now. Her experiences, travels, and stories are amazing. She is an Iranian-American born here in the US with parents who came from Iran and she is the founder of Eat…

TheSaffronLife (and me) on the radio – 1st time!

Shirin — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 00:44:55 +0000

Despite the fact that I try not to often write about myself here… I couldn’t resist this one! I was recently accepted to be on a local radio station and talk about TheSaffronLife. This was my first radio interview… ever!…

2013 PAAIA NexGen Leadership Conference: We wove a Persian rug.

Shirin — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 01:22:22 +0000

I was truly impressed. Throughout my life and after many, many, MANY different Iranian events that I have attended, this was the first that I left with new learning, true enjoyment and most importantly a true personal connection. Sure, all the…

Presenting Parisa Zeinali: A story of an Iranian-Preneur (8)

Shirin — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:20:11 +0000

Parisa Zeinali…when I saw her work I thought Creative, Unique, Expressive, and Modern. Her work in animation stood out to me and was very different from what I had seen from other artists. So I wanted to hear her story…

Presenting “AppTalia”: A Story Of An Iranian-Preneur (7)

Shirin — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:37:00 +0000

Given Norouz is one of our biggest holidays, I kept seeing posts this past week on Facebook around new year, celebrations, pictures of friends from parties, etc. One particular post, however, stood out to me. It was “AppTalia“. I saw…