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Meet Dr. Masato Tani: Persian-speaking Japanese Santur Player

Saturday, August 28, 2010

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (Low Quality) We’ve had many discussions on Traditional Persian Music (TPM) with musicians like Hamed Nikpay, Koroush Taghavi, and others as to why this type of music is strange to some of us younger Iranian-Americans living here… This time [...]

Prince of Persia: Cast & Crew Interview

Monday, May 17, 2010

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Iranican’s Maral Behnam interviews some of the Cast and Crew of Prince of Persia at Wondercon 2010 including Mike Newell, Jerry Buckhymer, and Jake Gyllenhaal. A few things that remained questions for us were the following: 1) Of all the inventions that Iran is credited for, why make a big deal out of the ‘Button Hole’? 2) If [...]

Iranians on Reality TV: Should we boycott the ‘Persian Version’ of ‘Jersey Shore’?

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (32k Quality) We here at Iranican are very worried: Our headquarters in Northern California is already near a seismic fault-line, susceptible to an earthquake anytime now. This week, two pieces of news have come together that could make [...]

Gay Marriage and Proposition 8

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (32k Quality) On November 2008, California voters spoke loud and clear with the passage of Proposition 8: they want Marriage defined as between a man and a woman ONLY. However, recent polls have shown that after the [...]

22 Bahman: What lead to this day?

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) 32k Quality: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (32k Quality) A lot of buzz is going around about what exactly will happen on 22 of Bahman (February 11th). The IRI will claim it a day of celebration of the creation of the Islamic Republic. The [...]

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Meet Dr. Masato Tani: Persian-speaking Japanese Santur Player

Prince of Persia: Cast & Crew Interview

Iranians on Reality TV: Should we boycott the ‘Persian Version’ of ‘Jersey Shore’?

Gay Marriage and Proposition 8

22 Bahman: What lead to this day?

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