Celebrating Nowruz: 2024

students and faculty members in group after the event

Thank you to our sponsors, partners, presenters, organizers and volunteers – see below for acknowledgements!

Above right: Students from the Iran Town Club gather with faculty and staff members who helped organize the event.

Below: Scenes from the celebration.

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young woman in white dress playing stringed instrument

woman talking in front of screen

two women dancing in traditional dress

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The photos below were taken by student journalist Sabrina Kulieva, who also wrote the .


Thank You!

We are grateful to the sponsors, partners, presenters, organizers and volunteers who helped make the 2024 celebration a success.

Sponsors

Partners

  • Organizing Committee

  • Presenters

  • Additional Assistance

  • Student Volunteers

table decorated with spring flowers, bowl of apples, other dishes with colorful fruit, coins and other items

What is Nowruz?

  • Marks the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year for more than 300 million people all around the world
  • Celebrated for more than 3,000 years in the Balkans, the Black Sea Basin, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Middle East and other regions
  • Promotes values of peace and solidarity ... as well as reconciliation and neighbourliness, contributing to cultural diversity and friendship among peoples and different communities
  • Honors ties among peoples, based on mutual respect and the ideals of peace and good neighborliness

(Source: United Nations: )

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