Episodes
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
NIAC Live: A Maximum Pressure Exit Strategy
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
NIAC's new report, "Returning to and Building on the Iran Nuclear Deal: A Maximum Pressure Exit Strategy," outlines how the U.S. can get back to the JCPOA and back to the table with Iran to resolve bilateral and regional challenges -- either under a Biden Administration or a reformed Trump Administration.
This launch event features Joe Cirincione of the Ploughshares Fund, Suzanne DiMaggio of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, NIAC President Jamal Abdi, and is hosted by France 24 Senior Journalist Sanam Shantyaei.
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Book Talk: "My Mom Killed Michael Jackson" with Shokoofeh Rajabzadeh
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Friday Jun 05, 2020
In our final chat with authors featured in "My Shadow is My Skin: Voices from the Iranian Diaspora," Mana and Assal sit down with Shokoofeh Rajabzadeh. Her essay, "My Mom Killed Michael Jackson," explores her travels to Iran and a personal story of longing for a place that is at once familiar, yet out of reach.
Get "My Shadow is My Skin at your local bookstore or here. And check more of Shokoofeh's writing at https://medium.com/@alwaysnotquite1.
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Book Talk: In Praise of Big Noses with Persis Karim
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Continuing our series of conversations with authors featured in "My Shadow is My Skin: Voices from the Iranian Diaspora," Assal and Mana chat with Dr. Persis Karim, who contributed an essay and the forward for the anthology, and helped bring the entire project together with her work at San Francisco State University's Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies. Both thoughtful and witty, her essay, "In Praise of Big Noses," reflects on the influence of the western aesthetic on the Iranian body.
Get "My Shadow is My Skin at your local bookstore or here.