How embracing her heritage allowed Sanam Mahloudji to write ‘The Persians’
What began as one short story turned into a series of them. Before she realized it, Mahloudji was writing a novel. “The ...
Beverly Hills’ firebrand Iranian-Jewish mayor is laying down the law — and looking stylish doing it
The new mayor of Beverly Hills is an Iranian Jewish refugee who’s as glam as the city she represents. Sharona Nazarian, 51, who fled “religious persecution” after the fall of the Shah in 1979, “could ...