Date: 03/01/2010

In celebration of Women's History Month and Persian New Year, the Student Association for Middle East Studies at SJSU will screen the "Arusi Persian Wedding" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, in Engineering 189. Directed by the Bay Area's Marjan Tehrani, the film tells the story of Tehrani's Iranian American brother and American sister-in-law, who journey to Iran to celebrate their marriage. While there, they transcend the conflict between Iran and the United States and embrace both their Iranian and American cultures. A question and answer session with Tehrani will follow the screening. Persian New Year is Saturday, March 20.

Also, The Age of Orphans author Laleh Khadivi will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, in the Cultural Heritage Center, fifth floor, King Library. Her novel is the first in a trilogy following the lives of three generations of Kurdish men as they grapple with landlessness, migration and national identity.

Read more on "Arusi Persian Wedding."

Read more on The Age of Orphans event.

Learn more about both events by emailing the Student Association of Middle East Studies.