List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2008-09-26
ISAA MEET & GREET BBQ!!!
Bay Area - East Bay Friday - September 26, 2008 05:00 PM
ISAA MEET & GREET BBQ!!!
WHEN: THIS Friday Sept. 26th, 5:00PM
WHERE: Persian Center 2029 Durant Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
FREE BBQ!! Come join us for a night of food, drinks, and fun! Come meet the officers and members of ISAA and eat some yummy BBQ! We will also be watching the presidential debate together...FUN! Also, for those that are fasting...don't worry, we'll save some food for you! But everyone else remember...first come, first served!
WHEN: THIS Friday Sept. 26th, 5:00PM
WHERE: Persian Center 2029 Durant Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
FREE BBQ!! Come join us for a night of food, drinks, and fun! Come meet the officers and members of ISAA and eat some yummy BBQ! We will also be watching the presidential debate together...FUN! Also, for those that are fasting...don't worry, we'll save some food for you! But everyone else remember...first come, first served!
meeting of Shahnameh khani
Bay Area - South Bay Friday - September 26, 2008 06:00 PM
Doostaan: Ba doorood, our next meeting of Shahnameh khani will be held this Friday, Sept 26th, 2008.
At this gathering, we will continue with the epic story of Roostam Va Esfandeyar.
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, October 10th, 2008 .
At this gathering, we will continue with the epic story of Roostam Va Esfandeyar.
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, October 10th, 2008 .
PERSIAN GIRLS, MEMOIR, READING
New York Friday - September 26, 2008 07:00 PM
Manhattan
Reading, book signing, PERSIAN GIRLS, memoir
September 26, Friday, 7:00 P.M.
The West Side YMCA (The Writer's Voice)
in the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 W. 63rd between Bway & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
Event is free
Info: 212) 875-4124
DESCRIPTION OF PERSIAN GIRLS
In a story of ambition, oppression, hope, heartache, and sisterhood, Persian Girls traces Rachlin's coming of age in Iran and her domineering father-her tangled family life, and her relationship with her older sister, and unexpected soul mate, Pari. Both girls refused to accept traditional roles prescribed for them under Muslim cultural laws. They devoured forbidden books. They had secret romances. But then things quickly changed. After narrowly avoiding an unhappy match herself with a man her parents chose for her, Nahid came to America, where she found literary success. Back in Iran, however, Pari's dreams fell to pieces.
Boston Globe:
"Persian Girls, reads like a novel -- suspenseful, vivid, heartbreaking. In Persian Girls, Rachlin chronicles her choices and those made by her sisters, her mother and her aunts, throwing the door to her family's home wide open. Readers who follow her through will be wiser, and moved."
NPR: THE WORLD Selected by Christopher Merrill, the Director of Iowa International Writing Program as one of the best four books of 2006. "If you want to know what it was like to grow up in Iran this is the book to read. Her portrait of the artist is filled with light."
Nahid Rachlin (http://www.nahidrachlin.com) has published a memoir, PERSIAN GIRLS (Penguin), four novels, JUMPING OVER FIRE (City Lights), FOREIGNER (W.W. Norton), MARRIED TO A STRANGER (E.P.Dutton), THE HEART'S DESIRE (City Lights), and a collection of short stories, VEILS (City Lights). While a student I held a Doubleday-Columbia fellowship and a Wallace Stegner Fellowship (Stanford). The grants and awards she have received include, the Bennet Cerf Award, PEN Syndicated Fiction Project Award, and a National Endowment for the Arts grant.
Reading, book signing, PERSIAN GIRLS, memoir
September 26, Friday, 7:00 P.M.
The West Side YMCA (The Writer's Voice)
in the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 W. 63rd between Bway & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
Event is free
Info: 212) 875-4124
DESCRIPTION OF PERSIAN GIRLS
In a story of ambition, oppression, hope, heartache, and sisterhood, Persian Girls traces Rachlin's coming of age in Iran and her domineering father-her tangled family life, and her relationship with her older sister, and unexpected soul mate, Pari. Both girls refused to accept traditional roles prescribed for them under Muslim cultural laws. They devoured forbidden books. They had secret romances. But then things quickly changed. After narrowly avoiding an unhappy match herself with a man her parents chose for her, Nahid came to America, where she found literary success. Back in Iran, however, Pari's dreams fell to pieces.
Boston Globe:
"Persian Girls, reads like a novel -- suspenseful, vivid, heartbreaking. In Persian Girls, Rachlin chronicles her choices and those made by her sisters, her mother and her aunts, throwing the door to her family's home wide open. Readers who follow her through will be wiser, and moved."
NPR: THE WORLD Selected by Christopher Merrill, the Director of Iowa International Writing Program as one of the best four books of 2006. "If you want to know what it was like to grow up in Iran this is the book to read. Her portrait of the artist is filled with light."
Nahid Rachlin (http://www.nahidrachlin.com) has published a memoir, PERSIAN GIRLS (Penguin), four novels, JUMPING OVER FIRE (City Lights), FOREIGNER (W.W. Norton), MARRIED TO A STRANGER (E.P.Dutton), THE HEART'S DESIRE (City Lights), and a collection of short stories, VEILS (City Lights). While a student I held a Doubleday-Columbia fellowship and a Wallace Stegner Fellowship (Stanford). The grants and awards she have received include, the Bennet Cerf Award, PEN Syndicated Fiction Project Award, and a National Endowment for the Arts grant.
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Hamid Entezam TOPIC: Successful fasting, روزه داری کامیاب
Bay Area - South Bay Friday - September 26, 2008 07:30 PM
Program for Friday September 26, 2008
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GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Hamid Entezam
TOPIC: Successful fasting, روزه داری کامیاب
LOCATION: One West Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA 95008
Roosevelt Room (Q-80)
http://www.ci. campbell. ca.us/Recreation /downloads/ CCCdirmap4email. pdf
http://www.bonyadto whid.org/ CCCMap.pdf
SCHEDULE:
Time Description
7:30 Prayer & Quran
8:00 Iftar/Dinner
8:45 Announcement
9:00 Guest Speaker
10:30 Q&A
11:00 End of Program
Mr. Hamid Entezam is a Systems Engineer by profession. He also holds a
Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Philosophy, and Master's degree in
Economics. He has done extensive research in various fields in Islamic studies
over the past 25 years. He frequently speaks on Islam in the U.S., Canada, and
Iran. He has regular appearances at IMAN in Los Angeles, Ebne Sina in Irvine,
and Bonyad-e Towhid in San Jose to give lectures and hold classes in Farsi and
English. His interests include Modernist Islamic thought, Theology, Islamic
Mysticism, Islamic Ethics, and Socio-Political Theory.
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GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Hamid Entezam
TOPIC: Successful fasting, روزه داری کامیاب
LOCATION: One West Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA 95008
Roosevelt Room (Q-80)
http://www.ci. campbell. ca.us/Recreation /downloads/ CCCdirmap4email. pdf
http://www.bonyadto whid.org/ CCCMap.pdf
SCHEDULE:
Time Description
7:30 Prayer & Quran
8:00 Iftar/Dinner
8:45 Announcement
9:00 Guest Speaker
10:30 Q&A
11:00 End of Program
Mr. Hamid Entezam is a Systems Engineer by profession. He also holds a
Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Philosophy, and Master's degree in
Economics. He has done extensive research in various fields in Islamic studies
over the past 25 years. He frequently speaks on Islam in the U.S., Canada, and
Iran. He has regular appearances at IMAN in Los Angeles, Ebne Sina in Irvine,
and Bonyad-e Towhid in San Jose to give lectures and hold classes in Farsi and
English. His interests include Modernist Islamic thought, Theology, Islamic
Mysticism, Islamic Ethics, and Socio-Political Theory.
Film - IRAN (is not the problem)
Bay Area - San Francisco Friday - September 26, 2008 08:00 PM
IRAN (is not the problem)
Date: Friday, September 26, 2008
Time: 8:00pm - 9:20pm, followed by Q&A
Doors open at 7:30pm, no advanced tix, $6
Location: Artists Television Access Street:
992 Valencia St. (at 21st St)
City/Town: San Francisco, CA
"After years of working on Iran and Middle East politics, this is perhaps the most engrossing and easily digestible film I've ever come across. A phenomenal educational tool that explains often misunderstood and complex issues in US-Iranian relations." - Sanaz Meshkinpour, Middle East Program Coordinator, Global Exchange
Thanks!
Aaron Newman
aaron@iranisnotthep roblem.
org
Special guest speakers for Q&A at upcoming SF screening:
Antonia Juhasz
Expert on oil, war, and U.S. economic/corporate interests in Iraq and Iran, etc., activism and social change, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and Oil Change International, author of "The Bush Agenda: Invading the World One Economy at a Time" and "The Tyranny of Oil"
(www.TyrannyofOil. org)
Robert Gould
Expert on nuclear weapons and related health issues, anti-war activism. Former national president and current Bay Area chapter president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Co-author of "Rollback! Rightwing Power in U.S. Foreign Policy", contributing author in "The New World Order and the Third World", "War and Public Health", and many articles on health, environment, nuclear and bioterrorism, and the persistent legacy of global militarism and violence
(www.sfbaypsr. org)
Majid Baradar
Born in 1953 and grew up in Tehran as teenager, received an education in Texas, and has treasured living in the Bay Area since 1980 as a professional Civil/Earthquake Engineering Consultant. He now spends his time as a "Social Entrepreneur" for 12Petals Media Group. This entity strives to be a union of creators and social entrepreneurs of media and visual arts working together to promote and encourage respect for those rights protected by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and endeavors to enhance the Declaration' s impact on all people and cultures. He believes media projects offer unique and socially penetrating ways to view the world around us.
(www.12petals. org)
Larry Everest
Author of "Oil, Power & Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda". He has covered the Middle East and Central Asia for over 25 years for Revolution newspaper and other publications, reporting from Iraq, Palestine, India, and Iran in 1979 and 1980, shortly after the revolution that toppled the Shah, he interviewed Islamic militants then holding the U.S. Embassy, and reported from Iranian Kurdistan.
(www.larryeverest. com)
Upcoming screenings:
San Francisco CA,
Berkeley CA,
Fremont CA,
Denver CO,
St. Petersberg FL,
Evanstan IL,
Gloucaster, MA,
Cleveland Heights OH,
Tacoma, WA,
London, England (UK premiere)
More to come...
FOR INFO ON ALL SCREENINGS GO TO
http://www.iranisno ttheproblem. org/find_ a_screening
Date: Friday, September 26, 2008
Time: 8:00pm - 9:20pm, followed by Q&A
Doors open at 7:30pm, no advanced tix, $6
Location: Artists Television Access Street:
992 Valencia St. (at 21st St)
City/Town: San Francisco, CA
"After years of working on Iran and Middle East politics, this is perhaps the most engrossing and easily digestible film I've ever come across. A phenomenal educational tool that explains often misunderstood and complex issues in US-Iranian relations." - Sanaz Meshkinpour, Middle East Program Coordinator, Global Exchange
Thanks!
Aaron Newman
aaron@iranisnotthep roblem.
org
Special guest speakers for Q&A at upcoming SF screening:
Antonia Juhasz
Expert on oil, war, and U.S. economic/corporate interests in Iraq and Iran, etc., activism and social change, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and Oil Change International, author of "The Bush Agenda: Invading the World One Economy at a Time" and "The Tyranny of Oil"
(www.TyrannyofOil. org)
Robert Gould
Expert on nuclear weapons and related health issues, anti-war activism. Former national president and current Bay Area chapter president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Co-author of "Rollback! Rightwing Power in U.S. Foreign Policy", contributing author in "The New World Order and the Third World", "War and Public Health", and many articles on health, environment, nuclear and bioterrorism, and the persistent legacy of global militarism and violence
(www.sfbaypsr. org)
Majid Baradar
Born in 1953 and grew up in Tehran as teenager, received an education in Texas, and has treasured living in the Bay Area since 1980 as a professional Civil/Earthquake Engineering Consultant. He now spends his time as a "Social Entrepreneur" for 12Petals Media Group. This entity strives to be a union of creators and social entrepreneurs of media and visual arts working together to promote and encourage respect for those rights protected by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and endeavors to enhance the Declaration' s impact on all people and cultures. He believes media projects offer unique and socially penetrating ways to view the world around us.
(www.12petals. org)
Larry Everest
Author of "Oil, Power & Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda". He has covered the Middle East and Central Asia for over 25 years for Revolution newspaper and other publications, reporting from Iraq, Palestine, India, and Iran in 1979 and 1980, shortly after the revolution that toppled the Shah, he interviewed Islamic militants then holding the U.S. Embassy, and reported from Iranian Kurdistan.
(www.larryeverest. com)
Upcoming screenings:
San Francisco CA,
Berkeley CA,
Fremont CA,
Denver CO,
St. Petersberg FL,
Evanstan IL,
Gloucaster, MA,
Cleveland Heights OH,
Tacoma, WA,
London, England (UK premiere)
More to come...
FOR INFO ON ALL SCREENINGS GO TO
http://www.iranisno ttheproblem. org/find_ a_screening
SUMMER FAMILY PARTY
Europe - UK Friday - September 26, 2008 09:00 PM
SUMMER FAMILY PARTY
ONE NIGHT
Event Info Host: LEEDS BIG PERSIAN PARTY
Type: Party - Club Party
Network: Global
Time and Place Start Time: Friday, September 26, 2008 at 9:00pm
End Time: Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 12:00pm
Location: LEEDS TOWENTY SIX AGU *07815662632(RESEREV)
Street: WOODHOUSE STREET LS6 5JH
City/Town: Leeds, United Kingdom
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Contact Info Phone: 07815662632
Email: mazdak_en@yahoo.com
DescriptionLIVE MUSIC - ALI & KAMRAN AND DJ SHAYAN
TOWENTY SIX AUG
ONE NIGHT
Event Info Host: LEEDS BIG PERSIAN PARTY
Type: Party - Club Party
Network: Global
Time and Place Start Time: Friday, September 26, 2008 at 9:00pm
End Time: Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 12:00pm
Location: LEEDS TOWENTY SIX AGU *07815662632(RESEREV)
Street: WOODHOUSE STREET LS6 5JH
City/Town: Leeds, United Kingdom
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Contact Info Phone: 07815662632
Email: mazdak_en@yahoo.com
DescriptionLIVE MUSIC - ALI & KAMRAN AND DJ SHAYAN
TOWENTY SIX AUG
PERSIAN YOUTH NIGHT
Australia Friday - September 26, 2008 09:00 PM
PERSIAN YOUTH NIGHT
Let's Bring Everyone Together
Event Info Host: Sajjad Kazemi
Type: Party - Club Party
Network: Global
Time and Place Start Time: Friday, September 26, 2008 at 9:00pm
End Time: Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 2:00am
Location: HQ Complex - Soho Bar
Street: North Terrace
City/Town: Adelaide, Australia
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Contact Info Phone: 0422767490
Email: sajjad_k7@hotmail.com
DescriptionTickets are priced $15 each and by purchasing a ticket you could receive 10% off at the Persian Restaurant or Persian Hairdressing Salon (Laforbice). People attending this event also receive a free stamp to stay at HQ for the whole night.
Purchase your tickets at:
Persian Grocery Shop
Persian Hairdressing Salon (Laforbice)
or simply from myself or Anthony by contacting us on sajjad_k7@hotmail.com - 0422767490
a_nilgoon@msn.com - 0433899804
Let's Bring Everyone Together
Event Info Host: Sajjad Kazemi
Type: Party - Club Party
Network: Global
Time and Place Start Time: Friday, September 26, 2008 at 9:00pm
End Time: Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 2:00am
Location: HQ Complex - Soho Bar
Street: North Terrace
City/Town: Adelaide, Australia
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Contact Info Phone: 0422767490
Email: sajjad_k7@hotmail.com
DescriptionTickets are priced $15 each and by purchasing a ticket you could receive 10% off at the Persian Restaurant or Persian Hairdressing Salon (Laforbice). People attending this event also receive a free stamp to stay at HQ for the whole night.
Purchase your tickets at:
Persian Grocery Shop
Persian Hairdressing Salon (Laforbice)
or simply from myself or Anthony by contacting us on sajjad_k7@hotmail.com - 0422767490
a_nilgoon@msn.com - 0433899804
Erfan Live in Concert w/ Khashayar and Afra
Montreal Friday - September 26, 2008 10:00 PM
Erfan Live in Concert w/ Khashayar and Afra
including award ceremony for Miss MontrealPersian2008
Music by sharhrDJ (UK) - mixing the best in Persian, House and Trance
for info call:
(514) 806-1255
(514) 836-7467
Doors open at 10PM
More info:
http://www.poeterfan.com
http://www.myspace.com/erfanmusic
http://www.myspace.com/khashayarmusic
http://www.myspace.com/afraa
including award ceremony for Miss MontrealPersian2008
Music by sharhrDJ (UK) - mixing the best in Persian, House and Trance
for info call:
(514) 806-1255
(514) 836-7467
Doors open at 10PM
More info:
http://www.poeterfan.com
http://www.myspace.com/erfanmusic
http://www.myspace.com/khashayarmusic
http://www.myspace.com/afraa
MEGA PERSIAN PARTY
Montreal Friday - September 26, 2008 10:00 PM
MEGA PERSIAN PARTY
Event Info Host: MontrealPersian
Type: Party - Club Party
Network: Global
Time and Place Start Time: Friday, September 26, 2008 at 10:00pm
End Time: Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 3:00am
Location: SAINTS Showbar
Street: 30 Ste-Catherine West (Corner St-Laurent)
City/Town: Montreal, QC
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Contact Info Phone: 5148061255
Email: info@montrealpersian.com
DescriptionMontrealPersian.com & Lucky5 Productions proudly present
The Hottest Event of Fall 2008... A MEGA PERSIAN PARTY...
DJ of the night: the one and only ShahraDJ from Manchester (UK)
Hip Hop & Baladi Dance Performance by Marzieh
Also... Award Ceremony of Miss MontrealPersian 2008...
We will finaly reveal the voting results!
And by popular demand, T.N.I.G (TNIGOnline.com) will present its latest fashion show... one more time!
(More ticket info will be added shortly...)
http://www.montrealpersian.com/september26
Event Info Host: MontrealPersian
Type: Party - Club Party
Network: Global
Time and Place Start Time: Friday, September 26, 2008 at 10:00pm
End Time: Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 3:00am
Location: SAINTS Showbar
Street: 30 Ste-Catherine West (Corner St-Laurent)
City/Town: Montreal, QC
View MapQuest MapGoogleMapQuestMicrosoftYahoo
Contact Info Phone: 5148061255
Email: info@montrealpersian.com
DescriptionMontrealPersian.com & Lucky5 Productions proudly present
The Hottest Event of Fall 2008... A MEGA PERSIAN PARTY...
DJ of the night: the one and only ShahraDJ from Manchester (UK)
Hip Hop & Baladi Dance Performance by Marzieh
Also... Award Ceremony of Miss MontrealPersian 2008...
We will finaly reveal the voting results!
And by popular demand, T.N.I.G (TNIGOnline.com) will present its latest fashion show... one more time!
(More ticket info will be added shortly...)
http://www.montrealpersian.com/september26
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