Soraya news

Payvand Iran News - December's Shab-e She'r (Poetry Night) in New York will celebrate Iranian Women Writers on December 9 from 6-7:30pm. This special evening will feature Farnoosh Fathi and Soraya Shalforoosh!

Scoop.co.nz - This Halloween, 31 October 2009, kids dressed in costumes will eat free at wagamama metropolis in Auckland when they dine with their families. wagamama’s Soraya Edwards says, “coming down to wagamama Metropolis for Halloween is a fun, safe night out for families.

The Star - A Malaysian photographer shares her story-within-a-story with New Yorkers through her Imaging Selfs exhibition in Manhattan.

The Star - A Malaysian photographer shares her story-within-a-story with New Yorkers through her Imaging Selfs exhibition in Manhattan.

Seattle Times - "The Stoning of Soraya M." is a powerful, fact-based drama about an Iranian villager (Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo) who tries to save a devoted wife and mother (Mozhan Marnò) from being stoned to death for infidelity.

The New York Observer - If you're like us, NY1 is on the TV every morning, and if it is, you've noticed a commercial for the NY1 Music Video Star Contest. The network is encouraging viewers to make a music video with a song to the rhythm of the theme song that plays at the top and bottom of every hour. So, we just stumbled upon by far the best one. It's created by one Soraya Sobreidad, and it really...

The Huffington Post - No wonder, given stories like Soraya's and Neda's, that people worldwide assume Islam is oppressive of women.

Mozhan Marno in “The Stoning of Soraya M.” “The Stoning of Soraya M.,” a true story of religiously sanctioned misogyny and mob violence in an Iranian village, thoroughly blurs the line between high-minded outrage and lurid torture-porn.

The Record and Herald News - THE STONING OF SORAYA M. Directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. Written by Nowrasteh and Betsy Griffen Nowrasteh, based on the book by Freidoune Sahebjam. Produced by Stephen McEveety and John Shepherd. Photographed by Joel Ransom. Edited by David Handman and Geoffrey Rowland. Music by John Debney.

Film Journal - A shocking yet stately and powerful plea for women's rights.

Times Online - If Mahmoud Ahmadinejad loses this election, Soraya Roify will be heartbroken. “He’s very brave and a great man. He’s tried hard to take society back to the early days of the Islamic Revolution, when people believed in its values, and I wish he could finish the job.”