Jihadi chic couture
What common thread ties together celebrities such as Rachel Ray, the Jonas Brothers and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? In May of last year, a Dunkin Donuts coffee ad, featuring “EVOO” and “yummo” originator Rachel Ray, was pulled from circulation after Fox News commentator Michelle Malkin wrote in her blog that the keffiyeh (pronounced chafiyeh in Farsi) scarf […]
CNN Takes a Look Inside Camp Ayandeh
CNN.com is featuring an article about Camp Ayandeh, which we reported on earlier, titled Iranian-American youth struggle to define themselves. Also available is this great video taking an inside look into the camp. Check it out: Iranian culture camp–Traveling from across the U.S., Iranian American youths attend camp in Georgia to ask questions about themselves.
Led by Youth, Future of Iranian-American Participation Grows Brighter
Iranian American participation in civic life is growing, and it is the younger generations that are leading this effort. As some of the other NIAC interns observed last week, Iranian Americans have often distanced themselves from politics in socially vibrant but politically dormant communities. From expert Iranian scholars to average Iranian American citizens, many label […]
The Youth Boom in Iran
In the world of demography, the term “demographic gift” refers to a situation where fertility and mortality rates fall and the resulting shift in population creates an influx of working age young people in a nation. This “boom” can help turn an entire nation around as a flood of young citizens can rejuvenate a lagging […]