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Benedictus
Guest:
Mahmood Karimi-Hakak
This interview was not intentended for TV production.Benedictus is a timely and thought provoking play. Currently, shown at the New LATC theatre in Los Angeles, it is an ambitious project and a must ...
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A socially conscious actress
Guest:
Shiva Rose
Click to watch this interview.Pari Esfandiari: We are living in a politically volatile times and it is especially difficult for those of us with Middle-Eastern origin. For the sake of their career, ma...
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From strength to strength
Guest:
Mahnaz Afkhami
Mahnaz Afkhami’s remarkable contribution to women’s progressThis interview is intended for our website viewers and was not conducted for television.
In a recent trip to Washington DC, I received...
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Hurricane Brings Back Painful Memories
Guest:
Souzan Alavi
Pari: When did you leave Iran? Why?Souzan: I left Iran when I was only a few years old. My family proceeded to go back and forth until I was about 7 years old. We left because my father loved to trav...
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Dancing with Shida Pegahi
Guest:
Shida Pegahi
Iran is a multicultural country with many ethnic groups – all of which have their own culture, language, costume, art and dance. In the north, there is the Azari, Asuri, Gilani, Taleshi and Turkman;...
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Having Fun with Persian Language
Guest:
Rezwan Razani
This interview is intended for our website viewers and was not conducted for television. Pari Esfandiari: According to Albert Brethon the process of linguistic assimilation begins with learning a seco...
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Beauty – A Virtue & An Obsession
Guest:
Merzad Zamanpour - Parvin Abyaneh -
All through history, female beauty has always been a fascinating and much-discussed topic with a definition that has varied from one era to another. The qualities associated with beauty are often diff...
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Iranian Women in Rocket Science
Guest:
Key Matin
This interview is intended for our website viewers and was not conducted for television. While the world eagerly awaits the launch of the Discovery space shuttle within the next few days, for a partic...
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A Woman of Substance
Guest:
Laila Salartash
on Mary Gharagozlou
All through history gender devices have influenced the jobs of individuals. Many jobs, such as nursing and teaching, have been commonly regarded as feminine jobs. Nevertheless, history has witnessed m...
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Working Against AIDS in Iran
Guest:
Marjan Hezareh
This interview is intended for our website viewers and was not conducted for television.
EmdAde AIDS (www.aids-ir.org) is an independent, non-profit organization devoted to providing information ab...
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An Eastern Woman in Western Politics
Guest:
Farah Karimi
This interview was intended for our website viewers and was not conducted for television.
Pari: Thank you for joining me today.
Farah: It’s my pleasure to be here.
Pari: What moved you to pu...
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Shahrnoosh''s World of Dreams
Guest:
Shahrnoosh Parsipour
Ms Parsipour started her writing before the Islamic revolution of 1357. Her first book, Dog and the Long Winter, 1353 was well-received by critics, although not by the public. Her other books include...
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Mystic Iran
Guest:
Aryana Farshad
Pari: welcome to my program and thank you for accepting my invitation,
Aryana: Thank you for inviting me.
Pari: allow me to begin by congratulating you on your fascinating movie Mystic Iran, I w...
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Censorship
Guest:
Saghi Ghahreman
Historically, every society, to some degree, has censored messages that have gone against the dominant belief. Where official or political censorship is well understood and widely spoken about, there ...
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Documentary; Fictional or Factual?
Guest:
Shirin Bazleh
Pari Esfandiari: From the very beginning, film developed into two types of popular entertainment; one openly fictional and the other factual, or the genre known as documentary. In a typical documenta...
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Women's Movement in Iran
Guest:
Mehrangiz Kar
This interview was intended for the website viewers and was not conducted for television.
Activism requires participation in direct vigorous action in support of, or against, a controversial issue....
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Literature in Exile
Guest:
Houra Yavari
As globalization turns into a reality, the notion of immigration and exile is becoming part of our daily life. With or without choice many of us have left our motherland for the unknown. This simple a...
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زن و ادبیات مهاجرت-2
Guest:
Mehrnoosh Mazarei
پری :
خانم مزارعى، سلام. خيلى ممنون هستم كه دعوت مرا برای شرکت در این برنامه پذيرفتيد.
مهرنوش : سلام به شما و بینندگان عزیر و با تشكر براى اين دعوت.
پری : خواهش مىكنم كمى راجع به زمينهى تحصيلى و ح...
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زن و ادبیات مهاجرت-1
Guest:
Houra Yavari
در برنامه ی امروز تعمقى داريم بر زن و ادبيات مهاجرت.
در جهان رو به انسجام امروز مهاجرت امری است رایج و متداول. بسيارى از ما خواسته و ناخواسته از سرزمين خود كوچ مىكنيم و زندگى را در سرزمين ديگرى آغاز مى...
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National Identity
Guest:
Fereshteh Davaran
Over the last few decades we have witnessed, with disbelief, our vast world evolving into a global village and we citizens of this village have now begun a shared life, sharing the same economic, poli...
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Earth Day
Guest:
Pari Esfandiari
As the humanity realized the extend and gravity of the environmental problems, the green debate began to analyze the causes of the problems and to propose solutions. In general, green signifies a con...
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Philosophy of Iranian New Year
Guest:
Massoume Price
Pari Esfandiari: Celebrating the commencement of the New Year is among the eldest and most universally observed festivals, and has a long history in the Middle East. Sumerians, the founders of the o...
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The Art of Acting
Guest:
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Pari Esfandiari: Theater was an inseparable part of all the ancient civilizations. Performances and dances to worship the gods, pray for rain, prepare for war each existed in all ancient civilizations...
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زن و هنر بازيگري
Guest:
Shohreh Aghdashloo
پری اسفندیاری : در برنامه امروز تعمقي داريم بر زن و هنر بازيگري.
نمايش بخش جدا نشدني از تمام تمدنهاي باستاني بود. رقصها يا نمايشهايي براي ستايش خدايان، براي رابطه با طبيعت و همچنين براي ايجاد هيجان در ...
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Music Bridging Cultures
Guest:
Mahvash Azhir
Pari Esfandiari: In our global village, many believe that the merging of cultures is inevitable. Within this context, music in the forefront of art forges a sound ensemble that straddles continents t...
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Self Realization
Guest:
Fariba Rofougaran
Pari Esfandiari: Increasingly, old Eastern schools of thought are gaining popularity throughout the modern world. Words such as yoga, Zen and Rumi have become topics of everyday conversation in Weste...
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Women Campaigning for Equality
Guest:
Mahnaz Afkhami
Pari Esfandiari: Many courageous women throughout time, and of many different regions, have stood up and made their voices heard, both within larger movements and through their own efforts on the beha...
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WLP Conference
Guest:
Gissou Azarnia
Pari Esfandiari Interviews Gissou Azarnia
On “Clash or Consensus?- Gender and Human Security in a Globalized World,” a conference held at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studie...
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Shirin Ebadi - the Nobel Peace Laurate
Guest:
MahDokht Sanati - Nayereh Tohidi PhD.
As you know, Ms. Shirin Ebadi was nominated as the recipient of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday October 10th. The 102 year history of the Nobel Prize includes 11 laureates, the last of which was ...
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Second Generation Iranians & The Role of Women
Guest:
Shahed Fakhari
Pari: Over the last decade, a chorus of voices has been building momentum: the voices of second generation Iranians, who either have been born outside of Iran or moved out at a very young age. At this...
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The Importance of Music in Education
Guest:
Sheila Bazleh
Pari Esfandiari: From the beginning of time, we have always been in need of music. Throughout human history, there has been not a single culture without music. Out of our need to communicate, we inven...
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