INTERVIEW
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“It’s The Sort of Story That I Want to be Creating”:
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HIGHLIGHTS
@This Magazine 2020 I’m privileged to have had access to this rich pocket of diaspora. It allowed me to stay fluent in Farsi, and to know and participate in festivals and activities my cousins, who lived in other parts of the city, could not. I still live close to it, and as an adult it’s an essential part of my relationship to Toronto. But I didn’t always feel good about being from here. As a child it was a burden to feel the community’s gaze, and I felt very strongly that in order to achieve all I wanted to—professionally and personally—I would have to move away from the area. To me, before turning 18, being Iranian meant listening to your parents and never leaving home, and being Canadian meant exploring creativity and new places. |
Unibrow
www.instagram.com/p/CWloffvvWc6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The winner of the Reel Asian Film Festival's "So You Think You Can Pitch?" program. Unibrow, a film about an Iranian-Canadian girl who learns to love her unibrow and her Iranian heritage, is presently in pre-development. The winner of Reel Asian's "So You Think You Can Pitch?" receives a cash prize to help with the production of their film, as well as 1:1 support and consultation with media and distribution companies. |
Celebrating Nowruz in 2020 During Covid-19 Reminds Us We're Survivors
@HuffingtonPostCanada, 2020 Unlike Western New Year, Nowruz celebrations take place over 13 days. This year, it begins at 11:49 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 19. Iranian communities all over the world hold events leading up to it, including bazaars with music and food. We put up a haft-sin, a table of seven symbolic items that represent different aspects of life and tradition, and clean our house top to bottom. On the Wednesday before Nowruz, Chahaar Shanbeh Soori, the Zorastrian tradition of jumping over a fire takes place. |
Am I Your Toddler or Your Middle-Aged Male Coworker
@Belladonna, 2020
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