Interview | Ali Banisadr on Hearing Paintings: Synesthesia, Memory & the Temple of the Mind
In this episode, Leyla sits down with Ali Banisadr, the Tehran-born, New York–based painter whose work hangs in museum collections around th...
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Culture | Attar's Conference of the Birds, Part 5
In the fifth and final part of our discussion of Attar's Conference of the Birds, Leyla is joined by Omid Arabian of the YOUniversal Center...
Culture | Attar's Conference of the Birds, Part 4
In the fourth part of our discussion of Attar's Conference of the Birds, Leyla is joined by Omid Arabian of the YOUniversal Center as the bi...
Culture | Attar's Conference of the Birds, Part 3
In the third part of our discussion of Attar's Conference of the Birds, Leyla is joined by Omid Arabian of the YOUniversal Center as hundred...
Culture | Attar's Conference of the Birds, Part 2
In the second part of our discussion of Attar's Conference of the Birds, Leyla is joined by Omid Arabian of the YOUniversal Center as the Ho...
Culture | Attar's Conference of the Birds, Part 1
In this lesson, Leyla is joined by Omid Arabian of the YOUniversal Center for an overview of Attar's Conference of the Birds. Working throug...
Poetry | Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamet vatan, Part 6
In this final part of the discussion of Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan , we go over the end of the poem in detail.
Poetry | Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamet vatan, Part 5
In this fifth part of the discussion of Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan , we go over the second-to-last part of the poem in detail...
Growing Up Irooni: Sasha von Oldershausen on the Crown Prince of Lubbock, Texas
In this episode, Leyla sits down with Sasha von Oldershausen — an Iranian American journalist on the news and politics team at Texas Monthly...
Poetry | Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamet vatan, Part 4
In this fourth part of the discussion of Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan , we go over the next six lines of the poem in detail.
Interview | Growing Up Irooni: Yasmin Khan on Food, Culture & Compassion Across Borders
In this episode, Leyla sits down with Yasmin Khan — the acclaimed British-Iranian-Pakistani food writer, activist, and author of *The Saffro...
Poetry | Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamet vatan, Part 3
In this third part of the discussion of Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan , we go over the next six lines of the poem in detail.
Poetry | Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamet vatan, Part 2
In this second part of the discussion of Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan , we go over the first six lines of the poem in detail.
Poetry | Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamet vatan, Introduction with Sahba Shayani
In this introductory lesson to Simin Behbahani's beautiful, important, and timely poem, dobāré meesāzamet vatan , we're joined by Dr. Sahba...
Growing Up Irooni: Hamid Rahmanian on Building Persian Culture, One Story at a Time
In this episode, Leyla sits down with Hamid Rahmanian — the Iranian-American artist, filmmaker, and visionary behind some of the most ambiti...
Growing Up Irooni: Danesh Nosirvan on Speaking Up When Our Parents Couldn't
In this episode, Leyla sits down with Danesh Nosirvan — the Iranian-American creator known online for identifying perpetrators of public har...
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, The Story of Zahhak, Part 4
In the fourth part of our discussion about the Tale of Zahhak, Leyla and Dr. Sahba Shayani introduce the story of Fereydoon, who, as we alre...
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, The Story of Zahhak, Part 3
In this lesson, we learn from Leyla and Dr. Sahba Shayani about the nature of the evil king Zahhak's reign and the beginning of his downfall...
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, The Story of Zahhak, Part 2
In this lesson, we continue our discussion of the famous Tale of Zahhak from Ferdowsi's Shahnameh with Dr. Sahba Shayani. Here, having cover...
Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, The Story of Zahhak, Part 1
In this lesson, we begin our discussion of the famous Tale of Zahhak from Ferdowsi's Shahnameh with Dr. Sahba Shayani. We use the end of the...