IAAB Iranian Diaspora Conference - UCLA (October 13-14, 2012)
![Ms. Noosheen Hashemi (The HAND Foundation) - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](01.jpg)
KEYNOTE: Noosheen Hashemi
![Dr. Marjorie Orellana (UCLA), Aitak Ajangzad (Columbia University), Dr. Shirin Vossoughi (Stanford University), Mr. Aria Fani (Iranian School of San Diego), Golnesa Asheghali (George Mason University) - UCLA (October 13, 2012) - by QH](47.jpg)
Panel 1: Education in Diaspora: Pedagogical Questions and Possibilities
Dr. Shirin Vossoughi
![IAAB Conferece - UCLA (October 13, 2012) - by QH](49.jpg)
Panel 1
![>Panel 2: Iranian Refugees & Asylees: Rights, Challenges, and Advocacy - Ms. Shirin Hakimzadeh (IAAB), Ms. Niloufar Khonsari (Omid Advocates for Human Rights), Dr. Omid Tofighian, Adam Cameron, Ally Bolour (ORAM) - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](02.jpg)
Panel 2: Iranian Refugees & Asylees: Rights, Challenges, and Advocacy
![Dr. Omid Tofighian (Univ. of Western Sydney, Australia) - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](54.jpg)
Dr. Omid Tofighian (Univ. of Western Sydney, Australia)
![Ally Bolour (ORAM) - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](53.jpg)
Ally Bolour (ORAM)
![Of Home, Exile, and Other Fictions: Iranian Diaspora Writers? Roundtable: Dr. Persis Karim, Anita Amirrezvani, Dr. Roger Sedarat, Ms. Sholeh Wolpe - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](03.jpg)
Writers Roundtable: Persis Karim, Anita Amirrezvani, Roger Sedarat, Sholeh Wolpe
![Sholeh Wolpé - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](04.jpg)
Sholeh Wolpé
![Anita Amirrezvani - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](05.jpg)
Anita Amirrezvani
![IAAB Conferece: Iranian Community Centers: Lessons Learned, Models, and Challenges](06.jpg)
IAAB Conferece: Iranian Community Centers: Lessons Learned, Models, and Challenges
![IAAB Conferece: The Roles of Iranian Student Organizations: Advocacy vs. Cultural Programming? - Pardis Bakheshi, Mr. Shervin Etemad, Ms. Halleh Hashtpari - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](07.jpg)
IAAB Conferece
![IAAB Conferece - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](08.jpg)
IAAB Conferece
![Dr. Mammad Aidani - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](09.jpg)
Panel 3: Cultural Production in the Iranian Diaspora: Cutting-Edge Practitioners Speak
![Porochista Khakpour, Ayat Najafi, Dr. Mammad Aidani - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](10.jpg)
Porochista Khakpour, Ayat Najafi, Dr. Mammad Aidani
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Panel 3 - Slide Presentation
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Panel 4: Holding a Mirror to Ourselves: Critiques and Dialogues
![Beeta Baghoolizadeh (Univ. of Pennsylvania), Orly Rahimiyan, Elham Gheytanchi, Arash Davari - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](14.jpg)
Beeta Baghoolizadeh, Orly Rahimiyan, Elham Gheytanchi, Arash Davari
![Orly Rahimiyan (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), Beeta Baghoolizadeh, Arash Davari (UCLA)- UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](13.jpg)
Orly Rahimiyan, Beeta Baghoolizadeh, Arash Davari
![Beeta Baghoolizadeh (Univ. of Pennsylvania) - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](15.jpg)
Beeta Baghoolizadeh
![Orly Rahimiyan (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](16.jpg)
Orly Rahimiyan
![Ziba Shirazi - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](17.jpg)
Ziba Shirazi
![Homa Sarshar, Pardis Shafafi, Dr. Bronwen Robertson, Sourena Parham - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](18.jpg)
Panel 5: Storytelling: Oral, Visual, and Multimedia Histories of Iranians in Diaspora
![Homa Sarshar - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](19.jpg)
Homa Sarshar
![Pardis Shafafi (Univ. of St. Andrews, Scotland) - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](20.jpg)
Pardis Shafafi (Univ. of St. Andrews, Scotland)
![Sourena Parham (ShahreFarhang.com) - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](22.jpg)
Sourena Parham
![Nasrin Rahimieh, Homa Sarshar, Pardis Shafafi, Bronwen Robertson, Sourena Parham - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](23.jpg)
Dr. Nasrin Rahimieh
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Panel 6: The Production of Diasporic Media: News & Journalism
![Ms. Donya Alinejad (Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands) - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](25.jpg)
Panel 6 - The Production of Diasporic Media: News & Journalism
![Iranians Online & Offline: Place and Space in Diaspora: Dr. Babak Elahi (Rochester Institute of Technology), Ms. Donya Alinejad (Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands), Pouya Jahanshahi (Laguna College of Art & Design) & Mr. Jeff Knowlton, Sanaz Raji - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](26.jpg)
Panel 6: Iranians Online & Offline: Place and Space in Diaspora
![Pouya Jahanshahi (Laguna College of Art & Design) & Jeff Knowlton (34 North 118 West) - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](27.jpg)
Pouya Jahanshahi & Jeff Knowlton
![Amy Malek & Dr. Hamid Naficy - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](28.jpg)
Amy Malek introduces Dr. Hamid Naficy
![Dr. Hamid Naficy - UCLA (October 13, 2012)- by QH](29.jpg)
KEYNOTE: Dr. Hamid Naficy
![Dr. Mehdi Yahyanejad (Balatarin.com/USC), Golnoush Niknejad (TehranBureau.com), Sima Sahar Zerehi (Shahrvand Newspaper, Toronto), Mahmood Enayat (Univ. of Oxford, UK) - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](38.jpg)
Panel 7 - Dr. Mehdi Yahyanejad, Golnoush Niknejad, Sima Sahar Zerehi, Mahmood Enayat
![Mahmood Enayat (Univ. of Oxford, UK) - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](39.jpg)
Mahmood Enayat (Univ. of Oxford, UK)
![IAAB Conferece - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](40.jpg)
Panel 8: Professor Asli Ü. Bâli, John Tehranian, Mitra Ebadolahi, Nakkisa Akhavan
![Professor Asli Ü. Bâli (UCLA School of Law) Dr. John Tehranian, Mitra Ebadolahi (ACLU), Nakkisa Akhavan (UCLA School of Law) - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](41.jpg)
Panel 8: Race & Profiling: Discrimination, Immigration, and the Pursuit of Justice in Iranian America
![Dr. John Tehranian - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](42.jpg)
Dr. John Tehranian
![Mitra Ebadolahi (ACLU) - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](50.jpg)
Mitra Ebadolahi (ACLU)
![Nakkisa Akhavan (UCLA School of Law) - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](52.jpg)
Nakkisa Akhavan (UCLA School of Law)
![Arash Saedinia, Ayat Najafi (dir., Football Under Cover), Ashkan Nasseri (dir., Dar An Sooy), Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz (dir., Inheritance), Yassaman Ameri (dir., Marginal Road) - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](43.jpg)
Filmmakers Roundtable: Arash Saedinia, Ayat Najafi, Ashkan Nasseri, Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz, Yassaman Ameri
![Yassaman Ameri (dir., Marginal Road) - UCLA (October 14 2012)- by QH](44.jpg)
Yassaman Ameri (Marginal Road)
![Narges Bajoghli (IAAB/NYU), Hoori Sadler, Mehrdad Ariannejad, Ahmad Tabrizi, Golineh Atai - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](30.jpg)
Panel 9: Bringing Us Together: Innovative Diasporic Community Organizing
![Hoori Sadler (PACI) - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](51.jpg)
Hoori Sadler (PACI)
![Amy Malek - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](32.jpg)
Amy Malek
![Narges Bajoghli - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](33.jpg)
Narges Bajoghli (IAAB)
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Panel 10: Transnational Activism in and between Iran and the Iranian Diaspora
![Dr. Catherine Sameh - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](34.jpg)
Dr. Catherine Sameh
![Sadra Shahab, Dr. Nayereh Tohidi (CSU, Northridge), Dr. Paola Rivetti (Dublin City University, Ireland), Dr. Catherine Sameh (Barnard Center for Research on Women) - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](35.jpg)
Sadra Shahab
![Dr. Paola Rivetti - UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](36.jpg)
Dr. Paola Rivetti
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![UCLA (October 14, 2012)- by QH](46.jpg)
Interview with Amy Malek (2:11)
KEYNOTE:
Noosheen Hashemi - Excerpt (4:56)
KEYNOTE: Hamid Naficy - Excerpt (5:05)
Media Panel - Excerpt (9:09)
Race & Profiling Panel - Excerpt (12:11)
2012 IAAB International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora - co-sponsorsed by the UCLA Department of Anthropology, the UCLA Dean of Social Sciences, and the G.E. Von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies.
Interviews
Dr. Mammad Aidani
Ayat Najafi
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