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The Art of Remembrance in Abacus of Loss

The Art of Remembrance in Abacus of Loss

Sherine Elbanhawy lives in the pages of a memoir in verse and finds herself reluctant to leave, identifying...

MARCH 15, 2022 • By Sherine Elbanhawy
Atia Shafee: Raw and Distant Memories

Atia Shafee: Raw and Distant Memories

Artist Atia Shafee hopes that her paintings will "resonate, trigger, and challenge, drawing the observer into the experience,"...

FEBRUARY 15, 2022 • By Mike Booth
Farzad Kohan: Love, Migration, Identity

Farzad Kohan: Love, Migration, Identity

Farzad Kohan's art is a bridge and commentary on his Iranian and American worlds, sometimes converging, at other...

FEBRUARY 15, 2022 • By Meral Şimşek
Baba Karam Lessons: Artist Amitis Motevalli

Baba Karam Lessons: Artist Amitis Motevalli

Iranian American artist Amitis Motevalli performs "baba karam" dance lessons, in a caricature of the street tough dance...

FEBRUARY 15, 2022 • By Salar Abdoh
Hasteem, We Are Here: The Collective for Black Iranians

Hasteem, We Are Here: The Collective for Black Iranians

  Twelve Gates Arts and the Collective for Black Iranians are hosting “Hasteem: We Are Here” from September 3-24,...

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 • By Aimée Papazian
ISIS and the Absurdity of War in the Age of Twitter

ISIS and the Absurdity of War in the Age of Twitter

Jessica Proett reviews Salar Abdoh's empirical novel set during the days when ISIS was running loose across Iraq...

JULY 4, 2021 • By Jessica Proett
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