New Pictures Up!

4 new sets of pictures are up from the following events:

- The Iran De-cal

- Calapalooza

- 2nd Cuisine Night

- Mahvash Sheikhol-Eslami's Documentary Screening

They are items 6-9 in the photo album. Click here to see the album.

6th Open Forum: "Integration in America: Marriage, Education & Career" (10.27)

What: ISAA's 6th Open Forum will be held allowing everyone to come and express themselves freely and to hear different perspectives on the main topic of "Integration in America: Marriage, Education & Career."Anything goes, and you are free to address issues outside of the determined theme. It should be a therapeutic event.

When: Thursday, Oct. 27th @ 7:00PM
Location: 123 Wheeler
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*Refreshments will be served

Guest Lecture: Journalist Omid Memarian: "Media In Iran" (10.24)

What: Journalist Omid Memarian will give a speech regarding the media in Iran. Omid Memarian is a reformist journalist and social activist inIran. He contributed regularly to pro-reform papers such a Nowrooz, Yas-e-now, Vaghaye Ettefaghieh and Mosharekat, all of which were banned and shut down by Tehran's hardline judiciary. He is the editor-in-chief of Volunteer Actors quarterly, published to support democracy in Iran. Omid also created his own weblog. During an October 2004 government crackdown to silence Internet journalists and bloggers, he was arrested, held in solitary confinement and tortured. After his release, Omid risked his life by talking about his detention. In response, Human Rights Watch awarded him the Hellman/Hammett Award or his courage in the face of political persecution. He is a visiting scholar at the Graduate School of Journalism this year.

When: Monday, Oct. 24th @ 6:00PM
Location: 110 Barrows
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Pictures are UP!!!

Pictures are up and we will do our best to upload the pictures of each event in a timely manner. If you have any pictures from the ISAA events you want posted, please email us at isaa@isaa.berkeley.edu And don't forget, ISAA's 2nd annual Iranian Cuisine Night is this Thursday (the announcement with the details is below).

6th Music Night

11th Poetry Night

Sufism De-cal

1st Meeting

Tabling

2nd Annual Iranian Cuisine & Social Night (10.21)

What: Are you a student who misses home cooked Iranian food? Do you want to unwind one last time before you hit the books for upcoming midterms? Then this should definitely interest you. Following the success and warm reception at the first cuisine night, ISAA will beholding its second annual Iranian Cuisine Social Night to celebrate the art of Iranian cooking. Various Iranian appetizers and dishes will beserved in a warm atmosphere. There will also be music afterwards to liven the setting. You are more than welcome, we in fact encourage you, to bring any Persian dish or dessert that you like. There will be a tasting contest and prizes will be presented to the winner. Please visit the following link and indicate if you will be attending this event so that we may have a better idea of the size of the group thatwe will be expecting.

When: Friday, Oct. 21st @ 7:00PM
Location: Persian Center (2029 Durant Ave., near Shattuck Ave.)
Map to Persian Center

ISAA Featured in OCPC Magazine!

UC Berkeley ISAA covered in a magazine all the way down in southern California? YES! ISAA was featured in the largest Iranian publication in southern California, OCPC Magazine. Click here to read the article and see the pictures.

ISAA's 6th Iranian Music Night

What: Take a break from the stress of life: work, exams, studying, etc., and come and relax to the musical genius of your fellow Iranians. We encourage all people, students and non-students, who are interested in performing to contact Pourya at violin@berkeley.edu so that we can coordinate joint performances.

When: Thursday, Oct. 13th @ 7:00 PM

Where: Persian Center (2029 Durant Ave., near Shattuck Ave.)

Map to Persian Center

* Refreshments will be served.