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Archives, News, March 2005, Volume1, Number 5


Articles in this Issue:

  • Nowroozetan Pirooz!

  • IAAB Proudly Presents: Shab-e Irooni, featuring Maz Jobrani and Robert Karimi

  • Registration for IAAB's Second Conference on the Iranian Diaspora now online!

 

Nowroozetan Pirooz from IAAB
IAAB would like to wish you a wonderful Nowrooz! We hope you have a year filled with health, happiness, peace, and success. Thank you for supporting IAAB and the Iranian diaspora community. We look foward to meeting you in person at the 2005 Conference.

Har roozetan pirooz!
 

 


IAAB Proudly Presents: Shab-e Irooni, featuring Maz Jobrani and Robert Karimi
 

AAB is proud to announce Shab-e Irooni, an evening of superb entertainment from members of the Iranian diaspora, on Saturday evening, April 23, 2005 at Dream Nightclub in Washington, DC.

The Iranian diaspora is rich with artistic talent, and Shab-e Irooni looks to highlight two young artists who have excelled in their fields. Widely acclaimed Iranian-American actor and stand-up comedian Maz Jobrani (http://www.mazjobrani.com), has been seen in an array of films and television series, including Law & Order, 24, The West Wing, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, and most recently in the new FOX sitcom, Life on a Stick. Jobrani will next be seen in the forthcoming film The Interpretor, starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, and IAAB is excited to have him perform his side-splitting, identity-probing stand-up comedy at Shab-i Irooni.

Award-winning spoken word artist/poet/activist Robert Karimi (http://www.kaoticgood.com) has used his Iranian-Guatamalan hybrid heritage as a point of departure for his art. Featured on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, Karimi mixes poetry, music, storytelling,visual art, and performance art to explore sampled consciousness -- an idea borrowed from hiphop where identity is negotiated -- that we sample, blend, fade in and fade out the various subcultures and experiences we come into contact to create self. Karimi's poetic and often humorous pieces reflect in a unique and passionate way what many in the Iranian diaspora experience.
 


These exemplary performers from the Iranian diaspora will be followed by a DJ spinning the best of Persian and International music. Please join IAAB during its conference weekend for an evening filled with comedy, spoken word, music, and fun. Tickets must be purchased in advanced, either through IAAB's website or at local Iranian supermarkets in the DC area.

 

 
 

 

Please note that you must be 21+ to attend the party.

SHAB-E IROONI featuring Maz Jobrani and Robert Karimi:  Doors open at 9:00pm, Event begins at 9:30pm
Dream Nightclub, Washington, DC (www.welcometodream.com)
$5 Conference Attendees * $15 General Public


* Note: Conference attendees may purchase their tickets at the conference on Saturday.

 


Registration for IAAB's Second Conference on the Iranian Diaspora now online!

We are excited to inform you that registration for IAAB’s Second International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora is now open! Please note that registration is limited and will be determined on a first-come-first-served basis. For your convenience, you may register securely online via our website, and pay with a credit or debit card via PayPal. The registration fee of $40 for the general public and $25 for students includes access to both days of the conference including breakfast and snacks throughout the weekend.

We will also be holding an event on Saturday evening, April 23, in Washington, DC, which will feature the highly-acclaimed Iranian-American comedian Maz Jobrani, followed by a band and DJ. This event is open to all conference participants for $5 and to the Washington, DC community (non-conference participants) for $15. Ticket information for this event coming soon.

The conference, which is hosted by the Iranian Students’ Foundation of the University of Maryland and sponsored by the University’s Center for Persian Studies, will be held April 23-24, 2005 at the Adele H. Stamp Student Union, UMD, College Park. More information on the student union, including directions, can be found here.


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