Eyes closed, fifty students sit holding a white piece of paper. They listen intently to the instructions coming from the voice in front of the room. “Fold the paper in half…make a triangle out of the paper…fold it into quarters.” All of the students receive the same directions from the same person. However, when they open their eyes, the students are surprised to find that their piece of paper turned origami is a unique piece of art; it looks nothing like any of their classmates.
In the midst of a violent, afternoon sandstorm near the Darfur border, Mia Farrow and a young refugee lit the Dream for Darfur symbolic Olympic torch. As this flame was ignited, so was a bit of hope that the Darfur disaster would one day come to an end.
On October 18th, the Iranian Jewish Club of New York University hosted a screening of Ramin Farahani’s 2005 documentary Jews of Iran. Munching on authentic Persian deserts, attendees were exposed to a story of struggle, friendship, and, above all, loyalty to a country 100,000 Jews once called home.
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