NPR: Davar Ardalan https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125937056 Davar Ardalan en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:23:50 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Davar Ardalan https://www.npr.org/tags/125937056/davar-ardalan NPR Producer Tells About Iranian Heritage From Bucyrus, Ohio To L.A.'s Persian Square Chronicling Iran's heroes and heroines, from an 11th century Persian physician to a modern-day astronomer, NPR producer Davar Ardalan recently published a book collecting stories of Iranian heritage alive in the United States. Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:41:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2013/11/01/241381699/npr-producer-tells-about-iranian-heritage-from-bucyrus-ohio-to-l-a-s-persian-squ https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2013/11/01/241381699/npr-producer-tells-about-iranian-heritage-from-bucyrus-ohio-to-l-a-s-persian-squ

Chronicling Iran's heroes and heroines, from an 11th century Persian physician to a modern-day astronomer, NPR producer Davar Ardalan recently published a book collecting stories of Iranian heritage alive in the United States.

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