The annual World Development Report, 2023 by the World Bank quotes a Parsi legend, points to human migration for several thousand years and advocates policy changes to deal with migrants and refugees About Migration is a development challenge. About 184 million people—2.3 percent of the world’s population—live outside of their country of nationality. Almost half… Continue reading Parsi Legend Quoted in the World Bank 2023 World Development Report
Month: May 2023
Behzad Dabu: He’s a 3rd-generation actor making a living in TV
He’s a 3rd-generation actor making a living in TV. It started with the role of ‘Pompous Face’ Behzad Dabu is an actor in “How to Get Away With Murder” and “The Chi.” (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) Article By Ada Tseng Photography by Dania Maxwell | Los Angeles Times For Behzad Dabu, success as… Continue reading Behzad Dabu: He’s a 3rd-generation actor making a living in TV
With No Towers of Silence in the West, Zoroastrian Last Rites are a Fraught Affair
The West has no structures or legal precedent for corpses to decay in the open air. For those wishing to follow traditions, funerals are a compromise. Zoroastrian priests pray for the religious leader of the Iranian Zoroastrian community Dastur Rostam Dinyar Shahzadi during his funeral in Tehran on March 15, 2000 at the Zoroastrian Qasr-e-Firoozeh… Continue reading With No Towers of Silence in the West, Zoroastrian Last Rites are a Fraught Affair
Ronnie K. Irani Awarded Honorary Degree at University of Oklahoma
Ronnie K. Irani of Oklahoma City, an entrepreneur and a geoscience enthusiast whose 43 years in the energy industry led to many commercial developments in oil and gas. Ronnie K. Irani is founder and CEO of RKI Energy Resources, LLC, a privately held energy company headquartered in Oklahoma City. He previously was president and CEO… Continue reading Ronnie K. Irani Awarded Honorary Degree at University of Oklahoma
Nawaz Merchant: Removing racial biases necessary for harmony in society
Our dear friend and award-winning author Nawaz Merchant writes… Until 1968 black families were systematically discriminated against in housing (a process called redlining), which led to economic and education gaps. Those yawning gaps of past decades erupt in racial conflict in cities like Minneapolis. Our evening walk in Island Heights, New Jersey took an intriguing… Continue reading Nawaz Merchant: Removing racial biases necessary for harmony in society
A new Iranian cookbook puts the spotlight on yogurt and whey
Two weeks before the launch of Homa Dashtaki’s book “Yogurt & Whey,” she threw a party at the California Zoroastrian Center in Westminster, southeast of Los Angeles. For several days she and her parents shaped spiced ground meat for kebab koobideh around swordlike skewers to sizzle over charcoal, streamed tart pomegranate molasses into the stew… Continue reading A new Iranian cookbook puts the spotlight on yogurt and whey
Katayun Kapadia featured in Local Voices: Memories, Stories and Portraits
Our dearest friend, mentor and past FEZANA President Katayun Kapadia is featured in“Local Voices: Memories, Stories, and Portraits,”one of two new exhibitions on view at Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey through January 7 Exhibition Website “KATAYUN K. KAPADIA”: This photo on fabric banner by Erica Lee is featured in“Local Voices: Memories, Stories,… Continue reading Katayun Kapadia featured in Local Voices: Memories, Stories and Portraits
