List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2008-04-11

Defending Human Rights in Iran: Challenges for the West, Women and Islam

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Event InfoName:
Defending Human Rights in Iran: Challenges for the West, Women and Islam
Host:
Duke Islamic Studies Center (Global)
Type:
Education - Lecture
Time and PlaceDate:
Friday, April 11, 2008
Time:
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location:
Richard White Auditorium, East Campus, Duke University
City/Town:
Durham, NC
Description
Shrin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate will be the Keynote Speaker
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Doostaan:
Ba doorood, our next meeting of Shahnameh khani will be held this Friday, April 11th, 2008.

Time: Gathering begins at 6:00 PM and the meeting promptly at 6:30

Place: Ortega Park, 636 Harrow way, Sunnyvale, CA 94086

P. S. The meeting after next will be held on Friday, April 25th, 2008 .


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Hope to see you all.

Ferdosi society

Colors Of Memory



Director Amir Shahab Razavian's compelling portrait of a man grappling with memories of his homeland, his father and a long lost love.



In person: Amir Shabab Razavian



@ The Billy Wilder Theater, located in the Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024



Advance tickets are available at www.cinema.ucla.edu. Same day tickets available at the Billy Wilder Theater box office.



Call 310.206.8013 for more information.

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Rutgers University Persian Cultural Club Celebrates Norouz 1387



Date: Friday, April 11th

Location: Rutgers Student Center, MPR

Time: 7:30 pm- 1:00 am

General Admission: $20

Students with ID: $15

Children: $10



Enjoy a night with a delicious PERSIAN Dinner and music by DJ ARASH playing the best Persian Hits!



There will also be a surpirse entertainer and we will also be giving children gifts!



Doors will open at 7:30 pm and dinner will be served at 8:00!



For more info contact: rutgerspersianclub@yahoo.com

Directions: http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/dirrsc.html

Poet and literary translator, Sholeh Wolpé, will be presenting her brand new translation of Forugh Farrokhzad poems, SIN: SELECTED POEMS OF FORUGH FARROKHZAD (University of Arkansas Press, 2007). She will also read from her new book, “Rooftops of Tehran”.



“Wolpe’s translations make Farrokhzad’s poetry burst into life in English. Wolpé is the best imaginable guide to this gifted Iranian woman’s poetic universe.”

–Nasrin Rahimieh, Director of Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies at UCI



“Sholeh Wolpé’s selection of poems and the lush lucidity of her translation convey the quickly evolving and the richly paradoxical nature of Farrokhzad's poetry.”

--Farzaneh Milani, Director of Studies in Women and Gender and Professor of Persian and Women Studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville



This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the acclaimed Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad’s death. Around the world, people are marking the passage of this

remarkable women’s life and her more magnificent oeuvre of poetry.

For more information on Sholeh Wolpé please visit: www.sholehwolpe.com



Friday, April 11, 7:30 pm

Persian Center, Berkeley

http://www.persiancenter.org/center.html

COLORS OF MEMORY (2007, Iran/Germany)

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Event InfoName:
COLORS OF MEMORY (2007, Iran/Germany)
Host:
Friends of the UCLA Film & Television Archive
Type:
Other - Festival
Time and PlaceDate:
Friday, April 11, 2008
Time:
7:30pm - 10:30pm
Location:
Billy Wilder Theater
Street:
10899 Wilshire Boulevard
City/Town:
Los Angeles, CA

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Description
Directed by Amir Shahab Razavian
A recently divorced surgeon, Dr. Parsa, is called back to Iran from Germany to perform a complicated surgery. While there, his late father's friend (Entezami) urges him to visit his earthquake-ravaged hometown of Bam to save his family's dying palm groves. The resulting film is a compelling portrait of a man grappling with memories of his homeland, his father and a long lost love.

In Person: Amir Shahab Razavian

Screenwriter: Amir Shahab Razavian, Armin Hoffman. Cast: Shahbaz Noshir, Ezatollah Entezami. 35mm, 102 min.

My Dear Friends:
In this exciting elections year, let us come together again, rebuild and grow our network in support of one of the most talented and hardest working politicians and the first Iranian American elected to the Office in San Francisco—Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi.

We want to build a movement in our community-one person at a time-and together participate in and change the political process.

This kind of grass roots participation in support of a political candidate is new to our community. We started it more than three years ago under the name: Iranian Americans for Ross Mirkarimi—IAFORM---and supported Ross. We did it in less than three months and victory was sweet!

This time, we want to move one step further and not only connect as many of us as we can but also strengthen our growing network and learn to be effective in our political activities.

Please join us on:

Friday April 11, 2008, 7:30 PM-9:00 PM

@

SHOEBIZ

1420 HAIGHT STREET

San Francisco, CA 94117

Corner of Masonic and Haight

Food and Refreshments will be provided

Graciously Hosted by Mehran Esmaili