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Plenty of Marjanes & Leilas: Collective Strategies of the Women’s Protest in Iran

Plenty of Marjanes & Leilas: Collective Strategies of the Women’s Protest in Iran

Marjane Satrapi's edited anthology "Woman, Life, Freedom" shows that the story of the movement cannot be told with...

5 JULY 2024 • By Katie Logan
The Contemporary Literary Scene in Iran

The Contemporary Literary Scene in Iran

Salar Abdoh reports from Tehran on the beauty and complexity of Iranian literature that thrives despite warring factions.

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Salar Abdoh
Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr

Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr

A journalist in Tehran walks defiantly without covering her hair through one of the city's busiest thoroughfares.

30 JANUARY 2023 • By TMR
Letters From Tehran: The Girl of Revolution Avenue

Letters From Tehran: The Girl of Revolution Avenue

In our Letters From Tehran series, Iranians write intimately about daily life in the city following last fall's...

30 JANUARY 2023 • By TMR
Barrak Alzaid: “Pink and Blue”

Barrak Alzaid: “Pink and Blue”

A young storyteller in Kuwait is captivated by the lives of Filipina women he does not know.

15 JUNE 2022 • By Barrak Alzaid
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