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Diaspora Arts Connection marks 10 years of Let Her Sing with California concerts and film program
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Diaspora Arts Connection is marking the 10th anniversary of Let Her Sing® with concerts in San Francisco and San Diego and a San Francisco film program centered on women’s voices and artistic freedom.
The All-American Book Club unveils October lineup on politics, persecution and redemption
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Eden Gordon Media and The All-American Book Club are launching an October series that centers on the 2026 midterm elections, Iran, Sharia law, religious persecution and personal redemption.
Jewell Farshad honors Presley Gerber with message on grief and vulnerability
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Jewell Farshad is reflecting on the death of her former boyfriend, Presley Gerber, and urging people to tell loved ones how they feel before it is too late.
OCIACC to launch inaugural Success Summit at UC Irvine
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The Orange County Iranian American Chamber of Commerce and UC Irvine’s Beall Center will host the first Success Summit on Sept. 30, bringing together about 300 founders, investors, executives and civic leaders for conversations on resilience,…
Jamie Leigh Lorente memoir traces family, migration and inherited wounds
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Sibylline Press has released My Three Fathers: A Memoir by Cuban American writer, veteran and advocate Jamie Leigh Lorente.
MEMRI adds new research to 9/11 archive for 25th anniversary
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MEMRI is expanding its 9/11 Documentation Project on the attacks’ 25th anniversary with new translations, analysis and clips from media, extremist outlets and other sources.
Opium Moon submits The Time Has Come for 2026 Grammy consideration
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The Grammy-winning quartet has released its fourth album, The Time Has Come, and submitted it for 2026 Grammy consideration.
Farrah Mechael and Mehran Matin release original opera album Remembrance
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Farrah Mechael and Iranian composer Mehran Matin have released Remembrance, an original contemporary opera arriving through AngelSound Records.
Dr. Carole Lieberman to attend 9/11 benefit and launch sixth mobile billboard
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Dr. Carole Lieberman will join tonight’s National September 11 Memorial & Museum 25th Anniversary Benefit Dinner in Manhattan and debut her sixth annual mobile billboard campaign on Friday.
Namito marks 30 years with new remix and anniversary releases
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German-Iranian DJ and producer Namito is celebrating 30 years of music production with a career that spans more than 400 tracks, shows in over 50 countries and releases on major electronic labels.
Farrah Mechael bridges opera and pop on new album The Feeling
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Farrah Mechael has released The Feeling, a new album that pairs her classical training with contemporary pop and follows her first full-length operatic project, Remembrance.
Farrah Mechael ends debut opera with Aramaic finale
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Farrah Mechael closes her debut contemporary opera album Remembrance with an original movement in Aramaic, blending Iraqi Maqam vocal traditions and modern piano techniques.
Hajji Baba Club names 2026–2027 research fellows
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The Hajji Baba Club selected Cosima Stewart and Adela Foo as its 2026–2027 Research Fellows to support original scholarship on carpets and textiles.
Darvishi drops bilingual anthem 'Jelo' and teases July 1 video
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Iranian-American pop artist Darvishi released “Jelo,” a dance-pop single about pushing past self-doubt and moving forward, on June 26. The rollout includes a Koja Cafe collaboration in Westwood and a music video set for July 1. Why it matters: -…
Vahid Mahdavi’s 77 Hours sets London private screening
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Iranian refugee filmmaker Vahid Mahdavi will present his Persian-language political thriller 77 Hours at a premium private screening at Curzon Soho in London on July 10, 2026. The film uses real actors and AI-generated environments to depict the…
Dr. Azita Sayan says learned patterns drive relationships and identity
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Dr. Azita Sayan is spotlighting how inherited and learned behavior can shape partner choice, conflict, self-worth and personal change.
USHBC backs Senate advance of connected vehicle security bill
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The United States Hispanic Business Council praised the Senate Commerce Committee’s unanimous advancement of a bill to restrict connected vehicles and related technology tied to China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.
Marc Schulman traces Israel’s path from Oslo to Oct. 7 in new book
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Historian and journalist Marc Schulman will publish Between Hope & Fear on Sept. 1, 2026, a book that examines how Israel moved from the optimism of the Oslo era to the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023. The book links three decades of war, diplomacy,…
Ron Paul Institute sets lineup for 10th Washington conference
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The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity has announced speakers for its 10th annual Washington-area conference on Sept. 5 in Herndon, Virginia, with Ron Paul, Jim Webb, Dennis Kucinich and others slated to appear.
Diaspora Arts Connection sets 10th Let Her Sing lineup for San Francisco and San Diego
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Diaspora Arts Connection will mark the 10th anniversary of Let Her Sing® with concerts in San Francisco and, for the first time, San Diego, plus a three-film program at YBCA. The 2026 edition spotlights women vocalists and expands the…
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