Week-long Iraj Khademi Residency in Persian literature
Three exciting individuals will be in residence at the University of Washington between November 11-15, 2024.
Mohammad Asef Soltanzadeh, award-winning Afghan novelist and short story writer, based in Denmark
Shahzoda Nazarova Samarqandi, Tajik novelist, journalist, and activist from Uzbekistan, based in the Netherlands
Laura Yasmine Catterson, doctoral candidate in comparative literature at the University of California, Davis, who works on Iranian and Iraqi poetry
"Impasse" a long awaited documentary on the "Woman Life Freedom" movement in Iran , written and produced by Bahman Kiarostami and Rahmaneh Rabani. The film depicts 52 Days of Rahmaneh’s life in the beginning days of the Woman Life Freedom movement after Mahsa Jina Amini's death. English subtitled. Rahmaneh spent her first two decades fully veiled, like her mother Elaheh, as part of a deeply religious family. Now 37, she is at the forefront of Iran’s protest movement and at odds with her father and the culture he created.
Event made possible by a grant from the City of Bellevue
Layla Ramezan is one of the most creative and talented artists of our time. She will be performing her magnificent project "Horizons", the musical intersection of the Orient and the Occident followed by a lecture on the richness of Persian Piano Music, and the strong connection between the Eastern and Western worlds, their mutual attraction and fascination, which has produced extraordinary music over a period of more than 100 years.
Special thanks to Early Music Seattle and Babak Khiavchi for their collaboration.
California-based, Iranian American artist, Yasmeen Abedifard, speaks about her her newly published comic collection "When to Pick a Pomegranate" (pub. Silver Sprocket 2024)
Hosted by Peyvand partist, Amelia Ossorio and University of Washington's Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. Sponsored by Peyvand Nonprofit Organization
Peyvand Artists Group is a proud sponsor of the "Too Much To Carry" art exhibit. Mana Mehrabian, an Iranian artist living in Eastern Washington, and Seattle-based artist Mary Coss investigate personal and ancestral migrations through sculpture and installation. Please join us to meet and greet the artists and to enjoy storytelling by Siamak Vossoughi, a local fiction writer and to poetry reading by poet and activist, Merna Hecht at the Vestibule gallery
Join our talented local artist, Kameh Saman, for an exciting painting session and valuable lessons on creating your own masterpiece.
Tuesday August 13, 2024 1:00 p.m. Renton Highlands Library, Renton, WA
Event is Free and open to those registered through Renton Highlands Library
Great opportunity for community members, youth and adult to enjoy their creativity and learn painting techniques from Monir Malekpour, a talented and seasoned artist in the Seattle area.
July 30, 2024 6:00 PM Renton Highlands Library, Renton, WA
Event is Free and open to those registered through Renton Highlands Library
Camp Javan (for middle schoolers) and Camp Ayandeh (for high schoolers), are being held this July 2024 at Whittier College in Whittier, CA. The beloved Camps focused on our diverse Iranian diaspora are run by Ayandeh, a non-partisan, non-religious, non-profit, committed to inclusivity and community growth.
Seattle Iranian Festival will take place on June 22: 12pm-6pm at the Armory Food & Event Hall. The festival is part of the Festál series. It is free and open to the public.
This year’s theme of LOVE celebrates the collective love we have together for Iranian music, arts, language, food, dance, and culture!
Join us at IACA’s 18th Annual Seattle Iranian Festival’s Art Exhibition on Saturday, June 22nd!
Senior Lecturer at University of St. Andrews School of Modern Languages, Dr Saeed Talajooy studied and taught English & world literatures in English in Iranian universities and through his teaching became interested in how ideas, characters and images travel across genres, cultures and historical periods.
Come meet social advocate, and educator Aria Fani. Professor of Persian language and literature and translation studies at the University of Washington.
Jamshid, an Iranian American school counselor, builds a world-class Ultimate Frisbee team from the immigrant and refugee students arriving at his inner-city public school in Seattle.
An intrepid filmmaker tracks the Taliban’s first year in power in the wake of the United States’ Afghanistan withdrawal, centering on an air force chief and a low-level fighter as the fundamentalist sect takes over a former American military base known as the Hollywood Gate complex.
As the Taliban takes over Kabul, the staff of Afghan newspaper the Etilaat Roz weigh their options: submit to the censorious new regime, continue their award-winning reporting on corruption, or escape their homeland forever.
Celebrate with us at our Meet & Greet Reception on May 12, 2024 at the SIFF lounge.
As the Taliban takes over Kabul, the staff of Afghan newspaper the Etilaat Roz weigh their options: submit to the censorious new regime, continue their award-winning reporting on corruption, or escape their homeland forever.
One tense day in the life of a Turkish criminal defense attorney (Tülin Özen) as she wrestles with legal and ethical questions in defending a factory worker accused of murder while also keeping her hospitalized mother on life support. From Selman Nacar, the director of Between Two Dawns (SIFF 2022).
With only the voice of his GPS to guide him, Amir drives through the underbelly of Tehran delivering hashish to his clients and friends. Winner of the 2023 Locarno International Film Festival Golden Leopard Award.
Jamshid, an Iranian American school counselor, builds a world-class Ultimate Frisbee team from the immigrant and refugee students arriving at his inner-city public school in Seattle.
With only the voice of his GPS to guide him, Amir drives through the underbelly of Tehran delivering hashish to his clients and friends. Winner of the 2023 Locarno International Film Festival Golden Leopard Award.
One tense day in the life of a Turkish criminal defense attorney (Tülin Özen) as she wrestles with legal and ethical questions in defending a factory worker accused of murder while also keeping her hospitalized mother on life support. From Selman Nacar, the director of Between Two Dawns (SIFF 2022).
An intrepid filmmaker tracks the Taliban’s first year in power in the wake of the United States’ Afghanistan withdrawal, centering on an air force chief and a low-level fighter as the fundamentalist sect takes over a former American military base known as the Hollywood Gate complex.
In this absurdist, formally inventive Iranian movie structured around nine vignettes, a cross-section of Tehran society—fathers, filmmakers, schoolgirls, rideshare drivers—is interrogated by various offscreen authority figures and bureaucrats intent on making their lives harder.
In this absurdist, formally inventive Iranian movie structured around nine vignettes, a cross-section of Tehran society—fathers, filmmakers, schoolgirls, rideshare drivers—is interrogated by various offscreen authority figures and bureaucrats intent on making their lives harder.
Celebrate 50 years of surprising cinema at the Seattle International Film Festival
Pallett Band is the alternative voice of Iran’s current generation; a mix of contemporary and classical Persian poetry; a dialog between today’s social issues and their cultural heritage.
Join us to meet and greet the long awaited Pallett Band at the Bothell campus of University of Washington.
