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In Solidarity with Jafar Panahi, ISAA presents: The Crimson Gold

Iranian Student Alliance in America-ISAA

presents:

IN SOLIDARITY WITH

JAFAR PANAHI

"THE CRIMSON GOLD"

Featuring a commentary by

Ahmad Kiarostami

Time: Tuesday April 27, 2010
7:30-9:30pm

Place:
159 Mulford Hall,
UC Berkeley Campus
Berkeley, CA, 94720

Jafar Panahi, one of the most influential and prominent Iranian filmmakers was arrested along with his wife, daughter and 15 guests at his house in Tehran on March 1st, 2010. He has been accused of making a movie on post-election events and detained by the security forces since then.

Panahi, 49, is known as one of the important figures of Iranian cinema. Although most of his movies are banned in Iran, he won the Camera d'Or award at the Cannes film festival in 1995 for his debut feature "The White Balloon" and took the Golden Lion prize at Venice for his 2000 drama "The Circle". He has depicted Iran's society in his acclaimed movies such as "The Crimson Gold" and "The Circle".

Panahi has criticized the outcome of June 2009 presidential election, which returned Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad to power. He was also arrested briefly because of attending a memorial for Neda Agha Soltan, who was murdered in post-election events. Before his arrest, Panahi was banned from traveling to Germany to take part in a panel discussion in Berlin because of wearing green, the opposition color, in the Montreal film festival.

In this event, Panahi's movie, "The Crimson Gold" will be shown in solidarity with him and his family.

Co-sponsors:

• United4Iran

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ISAA presents: A Glimpse into the Future of Iran

Iranian Student Alliance in America-ISAA

presents

A GLIMPSE INTO THE

FUTURE OF IRAN

Wednesday April 21, 2010, 2:00-4:00pm

Iran and the Future of the Green Movement

Dr. Reza Aslan

Chevron Auditorium,

UC Berkeley International House,

2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Facebook page: here

Blog page: here

Friday April 23, 2010, 6:00-8:00pm

What Kind of Secularism Is in the Cards for a Post-Islamist Iran?

Prof. Ahmad Sadri

Home Room,

UC Berkeley International House,

2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Facebook page: here

Blog page: here

Co-Sponsors:

* UC Berkeley International House
* UC Berkeley Center for Middle Eastern Studies
* The Religion, Politics and Globalization Program at UC Berkeley
* United4Iran
* NorCal4Iran

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ISAA Proudly presents: Mohammad Reza Shajarian & Shahnaz Ensemble Concert

Iranian Student Alliance in America

in partnership with

Nima Entertainment

Presents:

Mohammad Reza Shajarian &

Shahnaz Ensemble Concert

Saturday May 29, 2010

Zellerbach Auditorium

UC Berkeley Campus

Tickets will on available for purchase at http://www.persiantix.com/

What kind of secularism is in the cards for a post-Islamist Iran?

Iranian Student Alliance in America-ISAA

is pleased to present:

What kind of secularism is in the cards for a post-Islamist Iran?

A Talk by Prof. Ahmad Sadri

Time: Friday April 23, 2010
6:00-8:00pm

Place:

Home Room, UC Berkeley International House
2299 Piedmont Avenue
Berkeley, CA, 94720

Prof. Ahmad Sadri is Professor Sociology and James P. Gorter Chair of Islamic World Studies at Lake Forest College. He received his BA and MA degrees at the University of Tehran and his PhD from the New School for Social Research. Sadri is the author of Max Weber’s Sociology of Intellectuals (Oxford University Press 1992, 94) and editor and translator (from Persian) of Reason Freedom and Democracy in Islam (Oxford University Press, 2000) and (from Arabic) Saddam City (Saqi Press, 2002.) Sadri has authored three books in Persian published by Kavir, and Hermes Press, Tehran. He has also functioned as a columnist for Daily Star of Lebanon and a commentator at National Public Radio in Chicago.

Talk will be in English and will be followed by Q&A.

Co-Sponsors:

UC Berkeley International House
UC Berkeley Center for Middle Eastern Studies
United4Iran
NorCal4Iran

Iran and the Future of the Green Movement- A Talk by Dr. Reza Aslan

Iranian Student Alliance in America-ISAA

presents

Iran and the Future of the Green Movement

A Talk by Dr. Reza Aslan

Time: Wednesday April 21, 2010, 2:00 pm

Place:

Chevron Auditorium, UC Berkeley International House
2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA


Talk will be in English followed by a Q&A section and book signing.

Dr. Reza Aslan, an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions, is an Iranian-American Shia Muslim, a member of the faculty at the University of California, Riverside, and a contributing editor for the Daily Beast. His books include No god but God: the Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam (2005), and How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror (2009).


Co-Sponsors:

* UC Berkeley International House
* UC Berkeley Center for Middle Eastern Studies
* United4Iran
* NorCal4Iran


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