Once in a while, I post things on Pars Arts, an English-language site I founded in late 2006. Pars Arts is focused on the life and culture of hyphenated Iranians (i.e., Iranians who don’t live in Iran). We’ve published interviews with really cool writers and filmmakers, in addition to reporting about more obscure topics, like endangered Iranian cheetahs. Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, and Japanese translations of Pars Arts posts have been featured by the activist blog Global Voices Online, and the popular Iranian news site RadioZamaneh.com has translated and published some of my writing into Persian. Pars Arts content has also been linked by Wired.com, Boing Boing, and Payvand.
Some of my other clips:
INTERVIEWS/PROFILES
- Interview with Shahrnush Parsipur, Author, ParsArts.com, January 2008
- Interviews with Young Iranians: Porochista Khakpour, Novelist, ParsArts.com, October 2007
- Two Camelias: An Emblematic Memoir of Iran (site currently down; PDF coming soon), Amrikaee.com, May 2007
- A Podcast with Bahman Farmanara, Filmmaker, ParsArts.com, February 2007
BOOK REVIEWS
- Review of Sons and Other Flammable Objects (excerpt), MELUS (The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States), Summer 2008
- From Persia to Napa: Wine at the Persian Table (jpeg), Wine & Spirits, December 2006
- Extreme-Eating Reading (PDF), Bon Appétit, August 2006
- Spring Books (jpeg), Bon Appétit, April 2006
TECHNOLOGY
- Sony BMG Drops DRM, Then Other Shoe, January 2008, Searchviews.com
- Australia Will Censor the Internet, December 2007, Searchviews.com
- TV on Internet Beats TV on TV, Study Says, December 2007, Searchviews.com
- Google Unveils Profiles, Slowly Chipping Away at Facebook, December 2007, Searchviews.com
- Does Google Practice Ethnic Profiling?, November 2007, Searchviews.com
- Breaking News 2.0: On Southern California Fires, October 2007, Searchviews.com
- Facebook Users Say “No Way” to Branded Apps, October 2007, Searchviews.com
- Yahoo Search Steps Up, October 2007, Searchviews.com
- NYTimes Wises Up, Dismantles TimesSelect, September 2007, Searchviews.com
- Google News Becomes Content Publisher, September 2007, Searchviews.com
ART/CULTURE
- Iranian Rock Show: Not a Paradox, concert review, LAist.com, October 2007
- Dispatch from the MoMA, design/art review, DesignWatcher.com, August 2007
- The Buzz on Honey (jpeg), Bon Appétit, August 2006
- Tie One On (jpeg), Bon Appétit, June 2006
- Pick a Pepper Sauce (jpeg), Bon Appétit, May 2006
- Table Trend: Chopsticks (jpeg), Bon Appétit, March 2006
TRAVEL
- Bike and Dine (jpeg), Bon Appétit, June 2006
- High Seas Holiday (jpeg), Bon Appétit, December 2005
