by Dr. Persis Karim, Director of the Center For Iranian Diaspora Studies   “Saffron is a symbol of the contemporary economic and agricultural challenges that have been convoluted with ongoing political issues under the theocracy in Iran.”   California-based...

 by Justin Ebrahemi     ‘Pantea Karimi's childhood experiences in Iran inspired the artist's holy multimedia exhibition on the saffron crocus and spice. ’ Pantea Karimi’s upbringing in Iran was colored by a world of scriptures and saints. A schoolchild of...

As part of KQED’s annual Youth Takeover week, Saratoga High sophomore Ryan Heshmati brings together a panel of Iranian women to discuss the viability of the movement in Iran in the face of the regime’s brutal crackdown against protesters and to discuss their own activism in the Bay Area.

Guests:

Ryan Heshmati
Shideh
Persis Karim
Pantea Karimi

by Justin Ebrahemi       ‘The struggle continues’ For many women who grew up in Iran, subservience was inculcated at an early age. “Learning was intertwined with religious indoctrination,” says Pantea Karimi, a San Jose visual artist who left Iran in early...

Breaking the Cube: A Perspective on Women, Life, Freedom  by Tachiya Bryant     Breaking the Cube: A Perspective on Women, Life, Freedom “All these years being outside Iran, I thought I had escaped the coercive force of compulsion, but the death of Mahsa...

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