Vote in the Upcoming PAAIA Board Election
By PAAIA Staff 20, 2010, Washington, D.C. – The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) is pleased to announce that the election for the organization’s 2011- 2012 Board of Directors will take place
PAAIA Announces Board and Management Transition
November 23rd, Los Angeles, CA – With the two-year term of its first Board coming to an end, the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) today announced Board and Management transitions at year-end. PAAIA
November 21, 2010
Persian Thanks: Embracing American Culture Our Way By Jami Zamyad PAAIA Editorial Staff Nov. 21, 2010 – The yearning for togetherness that lies in the soul of individuals brings people together, which in turn helps
FREE DVD for PAAIA Members: “Mixed Nuts: Persian Adventure” (Retails for $14)
Receive a FREE “Mixed Nutz – Persian Adventure” DVD that retails for $14.00. When: Now thru 12/31/10. Where: Click here. PAAIA Members Discount Code: MixedNutsPAAIA Join Babak, Saman and Sousanne as they travel through the
MESA: Whither the Iranian Diaspora? Methodological Questions for Activists and Scholars
When: Sunday, November 21, 1:30-3:30pm Where: Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, CA Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Convention. With presentations by: Mehdi Bozorgmehr (City University of New York); Babak Elahi (Rochester Institute of Technology);
Pre-release Showing of the Documentary Film Our Summer in Tehran
When: Thursday evening, December 9; 7:00 pm Where: Temple Emanu-El, 2 Lake Street, San Francisco, CA Free. Register Online to receive e-mail reminder. More info. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Justine Shapiro will present her film and be
Iranian Art: Bridging the Modern and Contemporary
Asia Society Museum, New York, Oct. 25, 2010 By Miwako Tezuka, PhD Associate Curator, Asia Society L-R. Mitra Abbaspour, Hamid Keshmirshekan, Layla Diba, Linda Komaroff, Venetia Porter October 25, 2010, New York, NY—In preparation for
Mary Apick Honored as Actress and Activist
October 27, 2010, Los Angeles, CA – Mary Apick, award winning actress and producer, was honored by the American Armenian Chamber of Commerce (AACC) at its annual Armenian American Women in Business Excellence Luncheon in
Screaming in Silence at MoMa
The Museum of Modern Art in New York is currently exhibiting Yoko Ono’s “living art.” One of the works is an instruction piece called Voice Piece for Soprano, made in 1961. This participatory artwork
Persian Thanks: Embracing American Culture Our Way
By Jami Zamyad and PAAIA Editorial Staff The yearning for togetherness that lies in the soul of individuals brings people together, which in turn helps in creating a community. In Persian culture social rituals and
Donate to PAAIA’s IA-100 to continue our hard work in reuniting families
PAAIA is working towards passing the TFVA which will create a new visa category that will allow the family members of U.S. citizens and permanent residents to visit from abroad. Currently, family members must apply to visit their relatives in the U.S. through B-2 visas which results in an unnecessarily high denial rate due to presumptions that the applicants intend to immigrate. The new visa category created by the TFVA will provide an opportunity for family members to visit their U.S. relatives without the worry of visa overstays.