NAMAD Ensemble at Bellevue Performing Arts Center
Peyvand NPO in collaboration with the Bellevue High School MENA Club proudly present an evening of classical Persian music with the renowned NAMĀD Ensemble, featuring distinguished vocalist Mahbobe Golzari.
This special performance brings together four master artists whose musical dialogue bridges centuries of tradition with contemporary sensibility. The ensemble includes:
Residency in Persian Literature
Week-long Iraj Khademi Residency in Persian literature
Three exciting individuals will be in residence at the University of Washington between November 11-15, 2024.
Mohammad Asef Soltanzadeh, award-winning Afghan novelist and short story writer, based in Denmark
Shahzoda Nazarova Samarqandi, Tajik novelist, journalist, and activist from Uzbekistan, based in the Netherlands
Laura Yasmine Catterson, doctoral candidate in comparative literature at the University of California, Davis, who works on Iranian and Iraqi poetry
Prof. Saeed Talajooy Lecture
Senior Lecturer at University of St. Andrews School of Modern Languages, Dr Saeed Talajooy studied and taught English & world literatures in English in Iranian universities and through his teaching became interested in how ideas, characters and images travel across genres, cultures and historical periods.
Aria Fani Book Signing
Come meet social advocate, and educator Aria Fani. Professor of Persian language and literature and translation studies at the University of Washington.
Afrassiabi Distinguished Lectures in Persian & Iranian Studies
The distinguished speakers, Dr. Nasir Arian speaks on "Persian Fiction in Afghanistan: A Formal Approach". Mehrdad Rahimi-Moghaddam will shed light on Perspectives on the Turkish Literature of Iranian Azerbaijan.
Workshop on Gender & Violence in Persian Fiction in Afghanistan
Dr. Nasir Arian, Penn State University, offers a workshop on gender and violence in Persian fiction in Afghanistan. Event in Persian. Co-sponsored by the UW Middle East Center and Peyvand NPO.
Workshop on Azerbaijani Turkish Language & Literature in Iran
Mehrdad Rahimi-Moghaddam, PhD candidate at the University of New South Wales, offers a workshop on Azerbaijani Turkish language and literature in Iran.-Event in English. Co-sponsored by the UW Middle East Center and Peyvand NPO.
Conversation with novelist Moniro Ravanipour
Join Peyvand and UW MELC for a conversation with the internationally acclaimed novelist, Moniro Ravanipour, about her most recent book “I Will Call You Once I Arrive in Kyiv”.
