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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!…

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…

Presenting “Golreezan”: A story of an Iranian-Preneur (6)

Shirin — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:21:56 +0000

About a week ago, I came across a post on Facebook that had images of beautiful cards with Farsi writing. Despite the fact that I can’t even read farsi, I was intrigued to see what it was so I investigated…

Presenting Farima Berenji: A Story of an Iranian-Preneur (3)

Shirin — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:49:22 +0000

Presenting to you, Farima Berenji, an award winning, internationally acclaimed performing artist, dance ethnologist, choreographer, and performing arts activist. Thank you Farima, for this interview and for your story! First, watch this: Montage of Farima – Dances of the Silk Road…

How Good Is Arash’s Persian? The Politics of Language & Identity in Diaspora Iranian Pop Music

Shirin — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:17:37 +0000

A nice post from “Ajam Media Collective” on language and the arts, when looking at various groups of Iranians (and other cultures!) and how they connect through art & music. Love this quote “Arash’s exchange in this interview makes it…