Zoroastrianism in India and Iran: Persians, Parsis and the Flowering of Political Identity The FEZANA Talks #28 Author Alexandra Buhler in conversation with Dinyar Patel. Saturday November 23, 2024 9am Pacific | 12pm Eastern | 5pm London | 10 PM Karachi | 10:30pm Mumbai Zoroastrianism in India and Iran: Persians, Parsis and the Flowering of… Continue Reading
The FEZANA Talks is back for another exciting season of incredible discussions, global speakers, and insightful learnings! We are launching Season 3 of our initiative with Sharmeen Mehri, who will discuss her latest oral history exhibition “Migration Stories of Zoroastrian South Asian Americans Project”. We will discuss the stories shared in this exhibit, which reflect upon… Continue Reading
The Global Glossary was created to unify the English spelling of Zoroastrian terms used in North America. It is an important initiative launched by the FEZANA Religious Education Committee with the hope to help future authors and publications maintain regularity and consistency. Please join Armaity Homavazir and Tashan Mistree as they discuss the work that went… Continue Reading
Add event to calendar Join us for our first 2022 FEZANA Talks Session, which will highlight the way in which Zoroastrianism, perhaps uniquely among the religions of the world, has placed man in harmony with nature through the doctrine of the Amesha Spentas. We will also be going over what Zoroastrians today think about environmental… Continue Reading
Add event to calendar The FEZANA Talks is back for another enlightening session, this time with Parsi author Anahita Dhondy, who will speak about her book The Parsi Kitchen. Anahita has spent the last decade taking her culinary heritage to ambitious new heights. The Parsi Kitchen is a warm and whimsical memoir about how Anahita embraced the cuisine that she… Continue Reading
The FEZANA Talks is back for another enlightening session, this time to teach us more about Muktad, the Festival of Hamaspathmaēdaya! Zoroastrian rituals help traverse the liminal space between the physical and spiritual worlds and are best expressed through the annual Muktad celebration, where the souls and spirits of the dead are invited to earth to mingle… Continue Reading
Join us on Saturday June 12th for this exciting exploration of the career of Parsi actress Persis Khambatta. To many, Persis Khambatta was the woman who turned heads as Lieutenant Ilia in the film Star Trek The Motion Picture (1979), but to many of those from the South Asian and Parsi community, Persis’ pioneering journey… Continue Reading
Join us to hear first-hand experiences and snapshots of life in the Canadian and U.S. military from Zoroastrians currently serving and retired. Our panelists are officers in the Army, Navy, and Air Force and they will share their candid views on joining the military and serving their country today. Add event to calendar Time: May… Continue Reading
Join us as we discuss the arrest and imprisonment of Parsi-Zoroastrian activist Khobad Ghandy as he worked to empower oppressed communities in India. Ghandy and his late wife, Anuradha, exchanged upper middle-class comforts for lives of hardship in service of India’s most downtrodden. Then the government charged him with terrorism and sedition. Courts threw the… Continue Reading
We recently passed the one year anniversary of the pandemic breakout. Join us on Saturday March 27th and hear from 4 young Zarathushti doctors about their work during the last year. They will share their unique experiences from the COVID-19 frontlines, how they coped during these unprecedented times, and share their knowledge and expertise for the future… Continue Reading
Join us on Saturday March 6th for an upcoming online workshop featuring the delegates of FEZANA’s UN-NGO Team! This workshop will allow us all to learn better ways to incorporate practices and solutions for the well-being of women in our communities and around the world. The FEZANA UN-NGO Team will be presenting a panel workshop… Continue Reading
The Bundahišn is one of the most important surviving testaments to Zoroastrian literature in the Middle Persian language and to pre-Islamic Iranian culture. Compiled sometime in the 9th century CE, the book was recently translated to English by historian Domenico Agostini and writer Samuel Thrope, who will be joining us for this upcoming session to present a translation… Continue Reading
Don’t come hungry to this FEZANA Talks session! Hear from Iranian and Parsi Zoroastrians as they discuss the similarities and differences in Parsi and Persian Cuisines, and how this may have been influenced by the Zoroastrian migration from Iran to India. Ancient Persian recipes and the history behind Persian food will be covered! FEZANA is inviting… Continue Reading
We will launch the 2021 discussions on Sunday January 17th with Naushad Godrej, a young Zoroastrian and a holistic health coach based in California. Continue Reading
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FEZANA represents a diverse and growing Zarathushti community in North America.
Guided by the blessings of AHURA MAZDA and the teachings of our Prophet Zarathushtra; the Federation was founded in 1987 It serves as the coordinating body for 26 Zoroastrian Associations and 14 Corresponding Groups in the United States and Canada.
The activities of FEZANA are conducted in a spirit of mutual respect, co-operation and unity amongst all Member associations, and with due regard for the principles of GOODNESS, TRUTH, REASON, BENEVOLENCE, IMPLICIT TRUST and CHARITY towards all Mankind.
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