Nowruz

Nowruz

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Migrant Surge, Women in Economics, Nowruz

Episode: Migrant Surge, Women in Economics, Nowruz

  • Mar 22, 2021 8:00 pm
  • 15:09 mins

If you saw someone jumping over a campfire this last week, they might have been celebrating Nowruz. It’s an Iranian New Year tradition that Pardis Mahdavi–an Iranian American, anthropologist, and a dean of social sciences at Arizona State University–says people of all cultures may benefit from exploring. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)