Reza Jalali is a writer, educator and a community activist who has taught at the Bangor Theological Seminary and the University of Southern Maine (USM) as an adjunct faculty. Jalali wrote the Foreword to New Mainers (Tilbury House Publishers, 2009), a book on immigrants? lives in Maine, and his children's book, Moon Watchers, received a Skipping Stones Honor Award for Multicultural Book. Jalali's short story collection, Homesick Mosque and Other Stories, was published in 2013. His play, The Poets and the Assassin, which is about women in Iran and Islam, was published in 2015. He coordinates the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at USM and advises students at Bowdoin College.
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Mojdeh Rezaeipour has been involved with various facets of art and design in San Francisco, Rome, New York, and Tokyo. She currently co-owns and manages Epicure Cafe – a community cafe, gallery, and music venue in the Washington DC area.
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Reza Banki was born in Tehran, Reza left his family and Iran after high school for the promise of the American Dream and has been a US citizen for 20 years. He graduated with double bachelors from UC Berkeley in Applied Mathematics and Chemical Engineering and went on to get his PhD from Princeton University. He has published a biotech book and most recently graduated from the MBA program at UCLA Anderson School of Management with a focus on Finance.
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In this second podcast episode featuring stories all about transformative travel, we'll hear from Reza Jalali and Emily Matuzek.
Reza Jalali returns to an unfamiliar home that's been ravaged by war.
Emily Matuzek gets ready to leave the nest, but not before she gets a few test runs in first.
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On this episode, we talk to Mojdeh Rezaeipour about the situation in Iran, and hear a story from her. This episode is hosted by Jenifer Hixson.
Read the transcript here.
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Go back to Rooftops in Tehran: Mojdeh Rezaeipour Episode.
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by Reza Jalali
Reza Jalali returns to an unfamiliar home that's been ravaged by war.
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by Mahmoud Reza Banki
An Iranian man living in the United States is wrongly accused of a crime.
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by Mojdeh Rezaeipour
On this episode, we talk to Mojdeh Rezaeipour about the situation in Iran, and hear a story from her. This episode is hosted by Jenifer Hixson.
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An Iranian man living in the United States is wrongly accused of a crime.
For more information about Reza's story, please visit the website RezaStory.com
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John Turturro made his theatrical debut when he created the title role of John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, for which he won an OBIE Award. Since then, he has performed in numerous stage productions including Waiting for Godot, The Bald Soprano, and Souls of Naples, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. He appeared at BAM in Beckett's Endgame, and the title role of Ibsen's The Master Builder. On Broadway he appeared in Yasmina Reza's Life x3, and directed an evening of one-acts Relatively Speaking, by Ethan Coen, Elaine May, and Woody Allen. Turturro was nominated for a SAG Award® for his portrayal of Howard Cosell in Monday Night Mayhem, and again nominated for The Bronx is Burning. He won an Emmy® Award for his guest appearance on Monk. Turturro has performed in many films, including Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, and Jungle Fever; Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money; Robert Redford’s Quiz Show; Alison Anders’ Grace of My Heart; and Joel and Ethan Coen’s Miller’s Crossing,The Big Lebowski and O Brother Where Art Thou. For his lead role in Barton Fink, Turturro won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. He received Cannes' Camera D'Or Award for his directorial debut, Mac. Other films as director/ writer include Illuminata, Romance & Cigarettes, Passione: a Musical Adventure, Fading Gigolo, and a segment in the upcoming anthology film, Rio, I Love You.
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On this episode, we talk to Mojdeh Rezaeipour about the situation in Iran, and hear a story from her. This episode is hosted by Jenifer Hixson.
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