ASLAN MEDIA COLUMNS
Enjoy a wide variety of commentary and perspectives from our global columnists.
Aslan Media Columnist Parisa Saranj shares all the little quirky things that make her *heart* her homeland.
Parisa is a journalism graduate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is currently a MA candidate at the School of International Service at American University. She began writing about her native country, Iran, at her personal blog IranStories.com to share everything she loves about Iran and Iranians, minus all the politics (if that's possible). Tired of being asked the most basic questions about Iran, all based on stereotypes and lies, Parisa just wanted to provide a pure image of what life is like in Iran...what is it like to be an Iranian woman. Now, Parisa brings her I Heart Iran section from IranStories.com exclusively to Aslan Media.
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Aslan Media Columnist Denise Romano delves into NYC's Mideast Diaspora community of Brooklyn's Washington Street, and beyond.
Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty may be known as America's immigrant gateway, but what happens when those immigrants start building lives here? At the heart of NYC, Grand Central Station sees the world's people flood through its corridors every minute of every day. People of all backgrounds, religions, and ethnicities cross paths thousands of times a day in her halls, pulsing lives pursuing their dreams. Grand Central Stories brings to life the varied and unique experiences of NYC's MidEast Diaspora community and its Washington Street community, giving voice to a population that still believes in the American Dream.
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Aslan Media Columnist Joseph Hanania tracks the progress of America's surging grass roots democratic movement. Who are the 99%? What part do minorities play in the chorus of voices? What part are Middle Eastern Americans playing in this American Spring? Hanania asks the question, "How do we build our American future, together?"
Joseph Hanania has been a regular contributor to the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. He has also written documentaries for CBS-TV and HBO, and taught screenwriting at UCLA Extension. He is currently completing a non-fiction book about an orphaned Jewish merchant who rescued 1,350 Jews from the Holocaust by sailing them out of Europe on the Danube River.
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Columnist Ted Graham delves into the untold and unexplored stories from and about the Middle East. Highlighting and analyzing the stories untold by mainstream media, Ted strives to provide an authentic perspective on region and the lives and culture of its people.
Ted is a Boston-based Middle East observer and graduate of Northeastern University and Suffolk University Law School. Ted traveled throughout the Middle East while studying at the American University in Cairo and subsequently while as a history teacher at a private school in Cairo. Ted is a social media evangelist and father of two adventurous boys, whose observations on fatherhood can be read at dadslittleblog.com
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Columnist Nathan Patin takes a deeper look at the politics of the Middle East, providing focused analysis of security and terrorism issues.
Nathan Patin is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, as well as Philosophy. Living just outside of DC, Nathan is currently the Middle Eastern Studies intern at the American Enterprise Institute. In addition to studying in Egypt and Lebanon throughout the summer of 2010, he has also volunteered as a mentor to an Iraqi refugee family in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia since 2009.