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Andisheh Center :

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P.O. Box 1235

Portland, OR 97207-1235

(503) 523 7368

festival@andisheh.org


The Festival is co-sponsored by American Iranian Friendship Council, the Iranian-American Professional Society of Oregon, the Iranian Women’s Association of Oregon, Persia House and the Middle East Studies Center and Iranian Studies Advisory Board at Portland State University.

Annual Iranian Festival
  • Traditional Iranian and Kurdish music by the Seattle based group Kamand
  • San Francisco’s Niloufar Talebi will perform literary pieces from “Belonging” with musicians Bobak Salehi, Nat Hulskamp, Chaz Hastings, Fabod Sedeh, Basheer Badii and Parisa Rabii
  • Classical and modern Persian dance     Children’s activities
  • Iranian cuisine      Iran-related book fair
  • Iranian art, carpet and other vendors, businesses and non-profit booths such as the American Iranian Friendship Council, which seeks to build on the historical friendship between the citizens of both countries

For more information, contact (503) 523-7368 or email festival@andisheh.org

Or contact the Middle East Studies Center at PSU. For more information, contact Dr. Jean Campbell at (503) 725-8566.

The annual festival is co-sponsored by the American Iranian Friendship Council, Andisheh Center, the Iranian-American Professional Society of Oregon, the Iranian Women’s Association of Oregon, Persia House and the Middle East Studies Center and Iranian Studies Advisory Board at Portland State University.

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