Voices Of The Middle East And North Africa

On March 29th The Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at San Francisco State will bring together academics, researchers, artists, and filmmakers from seven countries, for a 2-day conference titled "Forty Years & More: International Conference on Iranian Diaspora Studies" The conference will mark the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution by understanding the ways that Iranians as exiles, immigrants, and as second and third generation hyphenated citizens of their respective nations, have met with both challenges and opportunities of diaspora experience. Malihe Razazan spoke with Dr. Persis Karim, director of the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at San Francisco State about the upcoming conference and the significance of recognizing and understanding the Iranian diaspora