Coming Soon: Profiles of Iranian Americans - NASA's Firouz Naderi
Profiles of Iranian Americans is one of PAAIA’s principle projects aimed at countering negative stereotypes that plague our community with positive life stories of Iranian Americans who are remarkable for their professional achievements, their humanitarian work, their contributions to American society or their compelling life stories.
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Queen Rania's YouTube Project
Queen Rania of Jordan began a YouTube dialogue which was aimed at challenging stereotypes of people from the Middle East. The dialogue continued until the deadline of August 12 2008.
According to the Associated Press, over the five month conversation, her YouTube site had more than 2 million visitors.
Watch the CNN video of Queen Rania's Project.
Iranian Americans Continue to Rally Support for Darius Shahinfar for Congress
 New York, NY, August 12, 2008 - "Running for public office is a daunting task. Being successful often requires running at the right time and in the right place. Darius Shahinfar is a candidate running at the right time and in the right place, and has a real opportunity to be the first Iranian American to be elected to the U.S. Congress."
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Momentum Builds for the Amini Campaign
Seattle, WA - On August 12, 2008, the Seattle Times, the largest daily newspaper in Washington State, endorsed the candidacy of Susan Amini for King County Superior Court Judge Position 1. The Seattle Times recommendation marked the second major newspaper endorsement of the Amini campaign in the past month.
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