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Auctioning Ancient Iranian Artifacts: Implications for US Cultural Policy

Touraj Daryaee Associate Director, Center for Persian Studies at the University of California, Irvine Posted: December 3, 2009 02:35 PM A bombing in Jerusalem. A troubled foreign country t… Continue

By: A.J. Cave 10/21/09 PFAP ’09 Event Sunday, October 11th, 2009 Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley at East Palo Alto, CA, USA Friends of Persepolis Fortification Archive Project (PFAP) extend heartfelt thanks to the 100 guests and all who helped make the PFAP ’09 Event not just a wonderfully informative experience, but one which raised both awareness and contributions for this important cause. Matthew Stolper, Head of Persepolis Fortification Archive Project, Oriental Institute,… Continue

Farhang Foundation congratulates the internationally renowned artist Shirin Neshat for her latest major achievement and winning the Silver Lion for best director for her directorial debut of Zanan Bedoone Mardan (Women Without Men), at the Sixty-sixth Venice Film Festival. Farhang Foundation is proud to have had the opportunity and honor to pre-screen this highly acclaimed and praised fil… Continue

By: Dr. Nahid Pirnazar Photo: Banafsheh P.Abadi 4/30/09

On Saturday, April 18, 2009, Farhang Foundation sponsored the Iranian-American Writers in Dialogue, a one-day seminar at UCLA, organized by Gustave E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies, in conjunction with University of… Continue