“The portrayal that Hollywood has been putting out for a long time is that Iran is not just a place of bad leaders or regimes but a nation of terrorists, radicals and bad guys — that this is the entire culture,” said Hooshang Amirahmadi, an Iranian American professor at Rutgers University and the founder of the think tank the American Iranian Council, which aims to foster understanding between the countries. “That’s poisoned how a lot of Americans think about Iran, especially people who are too young to remember it before the revolution.”
Dr. Emily Parker Discuses FQHCs with The Daily Targum
On Sept. 3, a study was published outlining the potential of federal programs aimed at uplifting immigrant communities, through the lens of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Emily Parker, assistant professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and...