About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Bonn, GermanyTwitter
The World (PRI) Archive
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Cyrus on: PRI’s The World (June 28, 2010)
Posted on June 29, 2010 | 1 CommentSevgili Dostlar, My piece on the Mesut Özil and modern Turkish-Germans aired on The World yesterday. In it, I interview Prof. Dr. Claudia Riehl of the University of Cologne, Susanne von Würzen (thanks, Courtney!), Mehmet Aydan (thanks, Begum!), and Cem Özdemir. Also, don’t forget my... -
Cyrus on: PRI’s The World (June 11, 2010)
Posted on June 11, 2010 | 1 CommentDear Friends, My piece on the one-year anniversary of last year’s controversial election in Iran is airing today. In the piece, we hear from two young Iranians who talk about their frustration with what’s happened since June 12, 2009, and from Mohammed Sadeghi, the Iranian-German... -
Cyrus on: PRI’s The World (April 13, 2010)
Posted on April 13, 2010 | 1 CommentDear Friends, My piece on the release of Haystack, the new anti-filtering software for use in Iran will be on today’s show. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM... -
Cyrus on: PRI’s The World (February 11, 2010)
Posted on February 11, 2010 | No CommentsDear Friends, My piece on watching the 22nd of Bahman protests with Austin Heap, Roozbeh Pournader and Behrang Barzin live from Parisoma will be on today’s show. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern... -
Cyrus on: PRI’s The World (Jan. 21, 2010)
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 1 CommentDear Friends, My piece on Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s speech on Internet freedom is airing today. (Thanks again to Wayan Vota, Clark Boyd, my cousin Nena do Nascimento, Austin Heap and Dan Colascione for making this trip possible!) It will be available on any... -
Cyrus on: PRI’s The World (Jan. 13, 2010)
Posted on January 13, 2010 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on Google’s new policy towards China will be airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM – www.wnyc.org Washington, DC... -
December 21: Cyrus on PRI’s The World
Posted on December 21, 2009 | 2 CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on the Internet legacy of the late dissident Iranian cleric, Ayatollah Montazeri, will be airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC –... -
October 28: Cyrus on PRI’s The World
Posted on October 28, 2009 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on the one year anniversary of the arrest of Iran’s “blogfather,” Hossein Derakhshan, is airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC –... -
October 15: Cyrus on PRI’s The World
Posted on October 15, 2009 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on the new Islamic search engine, IMHalal.com, is airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM – www.wnyc.org Washington, DC... -
October 12: Cyrus on PRI’s The World
Posted on October 12, 2009 | 2 CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio profile of Kenji Nimura, the Dodgers’ trillingual interpreter (Japanese, Spanish, English) is airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM...
