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Enjoy brightly dressed dancers, delicious food, tradition, and lore at the Nowruz Festival on Sunday. This is a chance to ...

Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life’s work to share the richness of Iranian culture. “Song of the North,” at the New Victory Theater, is just the latest installment.

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Every spring, as the earth tilts toward balance, millions celebrate Nowruz—the Persian New Year—a 3,000-year-old festival ...

Omid Roustaei is an Iranian-American chef who's on a mission to demystify Iranian cooking. His new cookbook, “Bitter and ...

Known to his followers as the Caspian Chef, Omid Roustaei prepares to celebrate the Iranian new year with "Bitter + Sweet" ...

Amir Nojan is a world-renowned setar player whose San Jose apartment doubles as a museum showcasing rare Iranian instruments.

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Iranian dissident filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof (There Is No Evil) had to flee his home country to evade an eight-year prison ...