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The Persians in Sherman Oaks, California
How the Persians in Sherman Oaks, California built a quiet community along Ventura Boulevard, the eastern gateway to the San Fernando Valley Tehrangeles.
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The Persians in Woodland Hills, California
Iranian was the most common ancestry in Woodland Hills by 2000. How Persians made this affluent west San Fernando Valley neighbourhood home after 1979.
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The Persians in Tarzana, California
Inside the Persians in Tarzana, California: how Iranians fleeing the 1979 revolution made this affluent San Fernando Valley suburb a heart of Tehrangeles.
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The Persians in Newport Beach, California
How Iranian-American families built quiet, affluent lives in Newport Beach, California: the 1979 wave, Fashion Island, Persian restaurants and Nowruz.
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The Persians in Brentwood, Los Angeles
Inside the Persian community in Brentwood, Los Angeles: how Iranian families settled this affluent Westside neighbourhood after 1979, and where they live today.
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The Persians in Glendale, California
The Persians in Glendale, California: how Iranian and Iranian-Armenian families settled the Jewel City after 1979, their markets, restaurants, schools, and Nowruz.
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The Persians in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
How Iranian and Persian Jewish families made affluent Woodland Hills, in LA's west San Fernando Valley, home: history, landmarks and Nowruz today.
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The Persians in Encino, Los Angeles
How the 1979 revolution made Encino the San Fernando Valley's Persian centre: Iranian Jews, restaurants and markets along Ventura Boulevard, and Nowruz.
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The Persians in Westwood, Los Angeles
The Persians in Westwood made Westwood Boulevard the heart of Tehrangeles. Inside Persian Square: its restaurants, bookshops and post-1979 exile story.
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The Persians in Beverly Hills, California
Drive west along Wilshire Boulevard into Beverly Hills and you enter a city that has, over four decades, quietly become one of the great capitals.
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The Persians in Tehrangeles, Los Angeles
Tehrangeles is the largest Persian community outside Iran. How 1979 revolution refugees built a Westwood Boulevard home in LA, and what remains today.
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