UPDATE: AVN Changes Ad as PAAIA Seeks a Creative Solution to a Sensitive Problem
By PAAIA Editorial Staff July 9, 2010, Washington, D.C. – The American Values Network (AVN) informed PAAIA today that it will drop an anti-oil ad campaign that targeted Iran in […]
Beth Farokhi, Democratic Candidate for Georgia State School Superintendent
PAAIA Government Affairs Office June 30, 2010, Atlanta, GA – Beth Farokhi’s family has long exemplified a commitment to the community and public service. Her husband Dr. N.R. Farokhi who […]
Iranian American Mathematician Honored
Iranian American Mathematician Honored By Ramin Takloo-Bighash Dr. Freydoon Shahidi, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, has been elected to the 2010 Class of Fellows […]
What is Happiness? Gallup Global Study Says Both Money and Positive Feelings
A Gallup survey of nearly 137,000 people in 132 countries has found that money does buy you happiness when you evaluate your life in comparison with others, but that “feeling […]
A Taste Of Iran, Whipped Up In The ‘Conflict Kitchen’
by Erika Beras, NPR When most Americans hear Iran or North Korea, they think of the United States’ unsavory entanglements with those countries. But an eatery in Pittsburgh is giving […]
Iranian Americans in Orange County Rally in Support of Beth Krom for Congress
By Melahad Rafiei July 7, 2010, Irvine, CA – On Thursday, June 24, 2010 the members of the Persian community in Orange County hosted a fundraiser for congressional candidate, […]
PAAIA Mentorship Connection
Mary Apick’s Beneath the Veil Comes to the Kennedy Center
August 28, 2009, Washington, D.C. – Renowned Iranian American actress and director Mary Apick has been a cultural icon in the Iranian and Iranian American artistic community for nearly three […]
Babak Hoghooghi to Step Down as PAAIA’s Executive Director at the end of 2009
September 11, 2009, Washington D.C. – The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) announced today that Babak Hoghooghi will be stepping down from his role as the organization’s Executive […]
Hafez Nazeri: Bringing Iranian Music to the Western World
“Rite of Fall: Mehregan” Concert Coming to LA’s Pantages Theatre in October and New York City’s Carnegie Hall in November Thirty year old Hafez Nazeri has been called Iran’s most […]