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28-05-2024 In this edition of BRUZZ International, we zoom in on the Iranian community in Brussels. Last Sunday on the show: Restaurant Caspian If you live in Brussels, you don't have to travel far to discover authentic Iranian cuisine. Since 2012 you can go to the restaurant Caspian, a stone's throw from the Grand Place. Watch the report Beer Mania Michael Eftekhari arrived in Brussels after the Iranian Revolution. And in 1981 he founded Beer Mania, where you can now buy more than 500 Belgian beers. Watch the report Activist Pegha Sadri Pegha Sadri moved from Iran to Belgium as a child. She has become the face of the local 'Women, Life, Freedom' protests, following Mahsa Amini's death in an Iranian police cell in 2022. Watch the report Sanam Shamsabadi She now works as a logistics and reception coordinator at GC Pianofabriek, but in 2000 Sanam suddenly moved here from Iran. "When you go to Iran, you have to wear a headscarf. As a woman, you can't smoke in the street. You can't drink, nobody can. Men can't go out in a T-shirt and shorts. And it's even harder for women."   Watch the report Previous country specials   Transylvanian dishes from Romania, a traditional Latvian choir, a Spanish bookshop, Gaelic football, Polish sweets, a Slovenian crime novelist... Once a month, we zoom in on a specific foreign community in the capital of Europe.   Check out all of our country specials through the map below. See country specials Do you have an idea and you would like to feature on BRUZZ International? Or do you just want to give us some feedback? Please feel free to reach out, we would love to hear from you! Take care and see you soon, Méabh Mc Mahon host BRUZZ International