Woman, Life, Freedom
The “Woman, Life, Freedom” mural project was born from an unshakable call—both ancient and immediate—to honor the women of Iran who are risking everything for their freedom.
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Hooman Khalili
Hooman Khalili was a morning show radio personality in the San Francisco Bay Area on Alice Radio 97.3 FM (CBS Radio). He has been part of the Sarah and Vinnie morning show for the past 21 years. He has interviewed countless celebrities including Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Donald Trump, Tom Hanks, Robert Downey, Jr., Harrison Ford, Jerry Seinfeld, George Lucas, Maroon 5, 50 Cent, and was the last person to interview Hunter S. Thompson before his death in 2005. His red carpet interviews include the GRAMMYS®, MTV Video Music Awards, the CBS fall television lineup (2003–2010), the Sundance Film Festival, and Superbowl 50. Hooman has collaborated with all the major movie studios on the promotion of over 1,000 movies in 20 years, including lending his voice to the 2006 Pixar animated movie Cars.
In 2008, Hooman created the #1 most-viewed non-partisan video to get the youth of America to vote in the presidential election. The video received 5.1 million views on YouTube and ended up in the Museum of Radio and Television in New York City. In 2011, he shot Olive, the first full-length feature film shot entirely on a cell phone. Starring two-time Academy-nominated Gena Rowlands with five original songs written and performed by Dolly Parton, Olive qualified for the Academy Awards in 2011. Hooman has spoken at and presented at the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, Napa Valley, Sonoma, L.A. Film Fest, Disposable Film Fest in Washington D.C., Macworld, Mill Valley Film Fest, SF Film Fest, and at the Ethiopia Film Festival.
Since December of 2022, Hooman has been called to Israel with a mission to remind the world that Persians and Jews have been friends for 3,000 years, God using Hooman to reunite Iran and Israel. Since January of 2023, Hooman has unveiled 18 original, hand-painted murals and banners in Israel in support of the Iranian women who are fighting for their freedom against the Islamic regime. His work is visible at www.hooman.tv.
The Mural That Waited to Be Born: Could This Image Become a Symbol of the Abraham Accords?
Until then, almost everything I had been creating was centered on Iran, Israel, and the women fighting for freedom. Suddenly, I was thinking about Abraham.
Read Article »The Next Banner Will Not Be Quiet
Children buried beneath indifference.
Read Article »A Banner for the Forgotten Children of the Middle East
A massive banner has been unveiled outside Houston, Texas featuring the face of President Donald J. Trump alongside a deeply emotional and controversial message:
“President Donald J. Trump, the first recipient of the FIFA Peace Prize, in association with FIFA, solemnly honors the memory of the thousands of innocent children murdered by the Islamic regime and its proxies.”
Read Article »From a Soccer Field in Majdal Shams to the World Stage
In July of 2024, twelve children stood on a soccer field in a Druze village in Israel, near Mount Hermon.
Read Article »The 27th Wall: Courage is Lonely
There is a moment when art stops asking permission. This is that moment.
The 27th mural is not polite. It does not soften itself. It does not adjust for comfort. It says something people don’t want to hear.
Read Article »Why I Am a Christian—and Why I Left Islam
My name is Hooman Khalili. I was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1974—into a Muslim family, into a nation already trembling on the edge of collapse. By the summer of 1978, the cracks in the Shah’s regime were visible to anyone paying attention. My mother, like so many others, could see the writing on the wall. She knew that if we didn’t leave immediately, we might be trapped in a civil war that would redefine the country—and our lives—forever.
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