Iranican

September2008

Hurricane IKE, Ramadan, & Vegetarianism

Download MP3: (High Quality) What a mash-up of topics! After a bit of current news, Iranicans discuss social experiences of Ramadan for those who fast and those who do not. We include a brief background about fasting and then bring in Iranican’s recurring guest and former Sunday Night Update Host, Bobak[…]

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Iranican Reports: Axis of Friendship Event

[flash http://www.iranican.com/videos/IranicanReports-AxisOfFriendship2008-500kb.flv f={image=http://www.iranican.com/images/AofF1.jpg}] The day after September 11th, 2001, tens of thousands of Iranians gathered in Tehran to show their sympathy and solidarity with the victims of 9/11. Not everyone knows this fact. So a group of Iranian-Americans and Americans organized an event called ‘Axis of Friendship’ to make everyone[…]

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The High School Experience

Download MP3: (High Quality) (Low Quality) The Iranican Crew discuss what High School was like for them, and what it was like being Iranian in an American High School. Plus, we interview two High School students in the Bay Area, Ashkan and Parisa. We ask them about the current fashion[…]

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Jomhuri-ye Javad

Five days later, and Team Melli fans are still breathing sighs of relief. Thanks to Javad Nekounam’s unlikely header on an 81st minute corner, Iran was able to shrug off a mainly poor performance and escape Riyadh with a 1-1 tie with the Saudis. The first half was especially problematic[…]

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Namjoo Craze: Interview with Mohsen Namjoo

Download MP3: (High Quality)(Low Quality) If you are even remotely connected to the Iranian community you probably know that Mohsen Namjoo is touring the U.S. His concerts are put together by Beyond Persia, starting off in San Francisco, California on Saturday Sept 6th. Tickets? Maybe if you’re lucky, but everyone’s[…]

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South Africa Bound?

Well, maybe the title’s a bit ambitious. But come Saturday, Team Melli fans can judge for themselves whether they need to book tickets for 2010, as they will finally get their first peek in months of the Iranian football (soccer) team at full strength. Team Melli will take on Saudia[…]

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