THE EYERANIANS

AriaNaz is the first video from Iranian singer-song-writer and setar player Fared Shafinury. Shafinury is a Texas born & raised Iranian-American musician based in Tehran. He blends classical Persian musical techniques with indie rock sensibilities. The music video was shot by only using the video function on a digital photographic camera.

By Syma Sayyah and Paul Sanford     Tehran is a very big and extremely busy city, by any definition cosmopolitan and with great potential, and in such a place what is most missing for those who are the more well-traveled is a variety of good restaurants. We were delighted to learn that a new [...]

By Syma Sayyah and Paul Sanford, Tehran   We were recently talking to some friends about good restaurants in Tehran.  They introduced us to a new place called The Lounge.  Last week, our two godsons, Pouya and Nima had birthdays very close to each other and although we had a small party for them, they [...]