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The World Academy of Arts, Literature & Media - WAALM®
Awardees of 2008
CATEGORY OF ARTS
Dramatic Arts:
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Maz Jobrani, USA - Best Actor and Comedian
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Patric Monahan, Irland- Best Stand-up
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Nesham Khazenie, USA - Best Dancer
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Ahmad Baharloo, USA - Best Contemporary Docudrama Film
Lifetime Achievement in Dramatic Arts:
Music:
Prof. Cyrus Forough, USA - Best Classical Music - Violinist
Prof. Reza Najfar, Austria - Best Classical Music - Flutist
Mahasti Kamdar, Germany - Best Arrangements for Strings
Sima Bina, Germany - Best Folk Vocalist
Martik, USA - Best Contemporary Pop
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Kiosk, USA - Best Blues Band
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Abjeez, Sweden, Best World Pop
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Dastan, Iran - Best Persian Classic Ensemble
CATEGORY OF LITERATURE
Prof. Dr. Dick Davis, USA - Best Translation (Shahnameh)
Prof. Dr. Kaveh Farrokh, Canada - Best History (Shadows in the Desert)
Prof. Dr. Patrick Hunt, USA - Best Iranian Studies
Drs. Vesta and John Curtis, England, British Museum - Best Research
Ren A Hakim, USA - Best Screenplay (Xerxes)
Eric Jerpe, USA - Best Short Story, Fantasy (The Return of Scheherazade)
CATEGORY OF MEDIA
News, Press, and Media Productions:
VOA - PNN Visual Journalist, Saman Arbabi
VOA - PNN World News Analysis, Dr. Nourizadeh
BBC Persian Website & Radio - Youth Production, Behzad Bolour
Kayhan London, England - Press
Educational Video Productions:
- Youth for Human Rights International - YHRI
HONORARY AWARD OF THE YEAR
British - Iranian Business Association - BIBA
For its contribution to Persian Community in Diaspora, England in Particular.
GUESTS OF HONOR:
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2006 WAALM Award Winner, Omid Djalili
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Michael Gayle, USA Embassy, London
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Dr. Nahid Khazenie, NASA - Director of Seientifc Programme
SPECIAL PERFORMER OF THE EVENT:
The World Academy of Arts, Literature and Media - WAALM®, WAALM Awards, Persian Golden Lioness Awards, Persian Golden Lioness Statuette, Medal, Design and Mark are the copyrighted property and intellectual property and registered trademark of M. Dorbayani, PhD.
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