User:Dalia Anavian

Resume’ of Dalia Anavian, Promoter of Persian culture in Japan

Born in Tehran Iranian mother Israeli father To Japan with Family (1972) Co-Host of (NHK’s) Silk Road: The Romantic Journey (1988) Co-Host of ABC’s ‘Journey of Harmony’ Radio Program (1989) Owner of Anavian Gallery: Persian Fine Art Collection, Property of Grandfather, Persian-Japanese Interpreter at police departments, immigration offices, detention centers and court trials (1995 –2005) Cultural and Historical Lectures on Iran and Israel (2001-Present) Persian Cuisine Cooking Classes/Persian Music-Dinner Evenings (2001-Present)

Dalia Anavian was chosen to co-host NHK’s “Silk Road: The Romantic Journey”, a highly successful 24-part television series. The following year she co-hosted the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation’s JCB-sponsored “Journey of Harmony” radio program. Granddaughter of a collector of ancient Persian artifacts and a friend of historian Egami Namio and novelist Yasushi Inoue, in 1989 she created Anavian Gallery: Persian Fine Art Collection in the Miyako Hotel in Osaka, showcasing a stunning array of Persian artifacts: carpets, crafts, shawls and ceramics. This veritable treasure chest was the property of her illustrious grandfather, a celebrated art expert and advisor to The National Museum of Iran in Tehran. The gallery was the source for The Persian Shawl Pavilion in The Asia Museum in Tottori. Simultaneously, Dalia served the international community in Japan (predominantly, victims of the long Iran-Iraq confrontation) for a decade (1995-2005) as an interpreter at police departments, immigration offices, detention centers and court trials. She also volunteered to translate for Afghani and Kurdish refugees in the Kansai Region. Beginning in 2001 and continuing today, Dalia is known for giving lectures on the culture and history of her native Iran as well as Israel, where she spent 2005 studying Hebrew and investigating the fascinating Holy Land; offer Persian cuisine cooking classes and produce Persian music and dinner evenings. Her original Persian Four Seasons dessert, a heavenly concoction featuring saffron, vanilla, chocolate and mint, has been sold at the JAL Hotel in Ibaraki.