PEYK BROUGHT ME HOMEEditorial

PEYK BROUGHT ME HOME

By Shaghayegh Hanson The first time I ever read Peyk, I had two seemingly contradictory sensations. The focus on Iranian…

DO NOT FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROADEditorial

DO NOT FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

DO NOT FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Shaghayegh Hanson Approximately 14 months ago, we took refuge in our houses from…

Coming to Aamrika!Editorial

Coming to Aamrika!

Shaghayegh Hanson Coming to Aamrika! Having had the experience of being a newly minted immigrant myself, twice (England, then America),…

Life is Like a Haft-seen TableEditorial

Life is Like a Haft-seen Table

Shaghayegh Hanson If Forrest Gump were Iranian, today he might say, “Life is like a haft-seen table,” instead of a…

Thank YouEditorial

Thank You

Shahri Estakhry For Mehregan 1991, Reza Khabazian started a one-page newsletter to inform the community of the Persian Cultural Center’s…

Climate Ignorance and Climate RealityEditorial

Climate Ignorance and Climate Reality

If you did not see CBS’s 60 Minutes on October 4, 2020, I encourage you to take the time to…

Silence Is Not An OptionEditorial

Silence Is Not An Option

By Shahri Estakhry It is mind-boggling where we are.  As I write this editorial, there are reportedly more than six…

Time to Level the Injustices in AmericaEditorial

Time to Level the Injustices in America

By Shahri Estakhry “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.”…