List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2009-03-26

Intellectual Property Law Primer MCLE

Presented by Ali Razai, Knobbe Martens, and Sam K. Tahmassebi, Ph.D., TechLaw LLP on March 26, 2009 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. This event is co-sponsored with the Iranian American Life Science Network. 1 hour MCLE credit available.

About the Speakers:

Ali Razai, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, practices in patent litigation related to biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. He graduated from UCLA (B.S. Microbiology and Molecular Genetics), UC Berkeley (MPH Infectious Diseases), and UC Hastings College of Law (J.D.).

Sam K. Tahmassebi, Ph.D., TechLaw LLP, specializes in obtaining patent protection for chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and high tech industries. Dr. Tahmassebi graduated from UCSD (B.A. Chemistry/Biochemistry), and received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Washington. He was an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at USD. He graduated cum laude from USD School of Law, and is admitted to the Order of the Coif.

Carpet Concert with Rowan Storm & friends
7:00-9:00pm
(Exhibition viewing and refreshments start at 6:00pm)
Leave the modern world behind and step into the mystical realm of traditional Persian music while lounging on beautiful carpets. Leave your shoes (and worries) at the door and join us for a very special evening of music with Rowan and her fellow musicians. Concert starts at 7:00pm sharp! Arrive early to see the exhibit Exploring the Other and enjoy refreshments.
Free with the cost of museum admission
Please RSVP to (323) 937-4230 x50 or email: rsvp@cafam.org.

For more info www.cafam,org, www.sociarts.com

event is free: 7:00PM-9:00PM
Excerpts from Reviews of PERSIAN GIRLS:
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."
Publishers Weekly:
"This lyrical and disturbing memoir by the author of four novels (Foreigner , etc.) tells the story of an Iranian girl growing up in a culture where, despite the Westernizing reforms of the Shah, women had little power or autonomy... Exuding the melancholy of an outsider, this memoir gives American readers rare insight into Iranians' ambivalence toward the United States, the desire for American freedom clashing with resentment of American hegemony

Googoosh is heading for Dubai on the second stop for her Memory Lane Tour. The tour is going to go all over the world for 2009. The opening show is going to be in Oakland on March 21. One night only, and a trip with Googoosh down Memory Lane. She plans to sing several new songs on this tour and some songs from the 60s & 70s that weren't released! She is also working on a new album that is to be called "Aasheganeh". This is going to be a busy, prosperous year for our lovely Persian Diva. If she stops by your town, make sure to go see her because this is a once in a lifetime chance.

PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER
Featuring special guest Alan Kushan

Thursday, March 26, 8:00 p.m.
$30 General; $25 Skirball Members; $20 Full-Time Students
Advance tickets: Available on site, online at www.skirball.org, or by phone at (877) SCC-4TIX or (877) 722-4849

Hear the dynamic, pan-Mediterranean sound of this innovative, young ensemble led by singer/songwriter Basya Schechter. Influenced by Schechter’s Hasidic background and the music she encountered on her far-reaching travels, the band plays a mesmerizing blend of Hasidic chants, electronica, and Mizrachi and Sephardic folk-rock performed on percussion, flute, and strings. At the Skirball, Pharaoh’s Daughter will be joined on stage by internationally recognized Persian avant-garde “santurist” Alan Kushan.