Nobody's Enemy: The Youth Culture of Iran

Neda Sarmast will show clips from her documentary, Nobody's Enemy: The Youth Culture of Iran, and discuss her work to correct misperceptions about Iranians and Muslims in the U.S. media. Sarmast was born in Iran and, before moving to the U.S. at the age of nine, was an eyewitness to the Iran-Iraq war. During the 1979 Iran hostage crisis and again after 9/11, she found herself defending Iranians and their beliefs to Americans, and in turn defending Americans and their way of life to Iranians. In 2005 she returned to Iran to film a documentary on the country's youth culture. Sarmast, who had a successful career in music management, marketing and PR, combines her personal experience with her professional background to facilitate global youth dialogue and promote tolerance among Eastern and Western cultures.