Anar Language Center

It was Nowruz 2017 and Shiva Danesh, a Persian language teacher with over 10 years of experience with a background in theater, and Nushin Sabet, an Iranian-American entrepreneur and artist with an eye for design, started talking about the need for a Persian language and cultural center in Los Angeles. Since both had a love for Persian culture their idea was to bring language and culture together in an immersive community setting that a generation of modern Iranian-Americans and their non-Iranian friends of all ages would find appealing. Shiva knew exactly the curriculum that would be effective in teaching Persian to contemporary Iranian-Americans, and Nushin had many ideas for how to weave Iranian culture into the fabric of the center and its offerings in a way that would be inviting to anyone interested in learning Persian.