Iranican

July2011

Visiting Tirgan 2011 in Toronto

Download the MP3: (High Quality) Iranican’s Iman went to Toronto to do a video report on Tirgan 2011. The video report will be available in the next week or so, we will publish the video here and on our facebook page. For now we get a verbal description of what[…]

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Press Release: Iranican Live Now on Radio Bamdad!

Starting this morning, Iranican Live will be featured on Radio Bamdad in their weekly lineup on AM1620. Earlier today at 9AM Radio Bamdad aired Iranican for the first time featuring the show, Mom vs. Ameh, which explored the sometimes complicated relationship between mothers and aunts: “Would you go to your[…]

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Culture Shock

Updated 7/20: Download the MP3: (High Quality) I remember when my cousin first moved to the United States 11 years ago at the age of 16.  She had taken English class in Iran for years and knew the basics, so I thought that taking her out with my high school[…]

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Mom vs. Ammeh

Updated: Download the MP3: (High Quality) Iranican Live is now also on Terrestrial Radio! Special welcome to our newest listeners from Radio Bamdad 1690AM Northern California! Join our co-hosts tonight @ 7PM PST on Radio Javan in exploring the complicated relationships between Mothers and Ammehs.  We all know how the[…]

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Gender Roles: What is (wo)manhood? Part II

Updated: Download the MP3: (High Quality) Iman, Nasim, Farzad, and guest: family and marriage therapist, Ms. Bolandi continue discussing specific roles expected from each gender: male and female.  As a woman, I am tired of being expected to automatically know how to cook ghormeh sabzi and fesenjoon– why aren’t these[…]

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