Seguna Semana y Tiempo Libre

Although I had a good first week at the internship, the second week was even better and significantly busier. The week revolved around going to four conferences, working on articles, and researching community service projects. Despite the small office, my acronym-association really does some pretty cool and important things on both the local and national levels. I’m glad to be working there and contributing in some small, intern kind of way. The work in my first two weeks makes me confident that I chose this internship over being a research assistant at a different internship I was offered. I also took advantage of some cool DC events. On Thursday night, I went to the film selected for the Museum of African Art’s North African Film...

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Salaam Smithsonian!

I spent my first weekend in DC with a nice balance of touristy and resident activities. Since the weather during the weekends has been nice, each day has included time just wandering around the National Mall, with the Washington monument to the west and the Capital building to the east. I also had the chance to meet a friend from MSU at an Indian restaurant called Delhi Club in Arlington across from the Clarendon metro stop. The food was great and the menu relatively priced, considering DC food prices. There were also free “refills” of rice, which is always a plus. On Friday evening, I had the chance to meet with another friend for the Sackler’s Iranian film festival choice, Please Do Not Disturb. It was thought-provoking film, tying...

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Hafteh-e Aval

Before starting the work week, I spent some time with my cousin visiting Kabob Bazaar, a Persian restaurant in Arlington, VA. We then drove back into DC and then spent time walking around Washington, D.C. and visiting the Sackler and Freer Galleries. The Sackler has several interesting exhibits, including an extraordinary exhibit on the Shahnameh. The exhibit has amazing artwork and does a wonderful job showing the history of the Shahnameh and re-telling Ferdowsi’s epic stories. The Sackler website has images of the pages as well as all of the detailed information about them. The exhibit will be at the Sackler until April 17th. For more information, please click here. (Jamshid is at the left, and Zal...

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Posted in: English,Eurasia Foundation,Ferdosi,Freer-Sackler Gallery,Iran,J-Mad,Shahnameh,Washington DC