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Tag: Iran

1 May, 2023 • Peyman Hooshmandzadeh, Malu Halasa

Iran on the Move—Photos by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

Emerging from Covid, a prominent Iranian photographer documents the working-class as the country reels under sanctions.

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1 May, 2023 • Clive Bell

Hard Work: Kurdish Kolbars or Porters Risk Everything

Clive Bell reviews the latest graphic novel from Mana Neyestani on the hardships of being a Kurdish porter.

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5 March, 2023 • Iason Athanasiadis

The Odyssey That Forged a Stronger Athenian

An Athens native returns to Greece after a 20-year sojourn across the Mediterranean and Middle East, covering turmoil and displacement.

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13 February, 2023 • Kamin Mohammadi

White Torture Prison Interviews Condemn Solitary Confinement

Kamin Mohammadi (no relation) has read Narges Mohammadi's new book, even as the author sits in Evin Prison, unable to be with her family.

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30 January, 2023 • TMR

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.

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30 January, 2023 • Rana Asfour

Editor’s Picks: Magical Realism in Iranian Lit

Rana Asfour has selected four contemporary novels of Iranian literature for this special issue on Iran in TMR Weekly.

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15 December, 2022 • Malu Halasa

Don’t Be a Stooge for the Regime—Iranians Reject State-Controlled Media!

Malu Halasa reports on the myriad ways Iranians circumvent Iran's heavy-handed media to get their news.

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15 December, 2022 • TMR

Siri Hustvedt & Ahdaf Souief Write Letters to Imprisoned Writer Narges Mohammadi

Author and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi must be released by Iranian authorities immediately.

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15 December, 2022 • Malu Halasa

Revolutionary Hit Parade: 12+1 Protest Songs from Iran

Malu Halasa and Beehype on the latest hit parade of protest songs for Iranian freedom.

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15 December, 2022 • Clive Bell

Imprisoned Director Jafar Panahi’s No Bears

Critic Clive Bell reviews the latest feature from one of several Iranian filmmakers who languish in prison.

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28 November, 2022 •

We Read/Discuss Out of Mesopotamia, the novel by Salar Abdoh, and Meet the Author

THE JANUARY BOOKGROUP SELECTION IS is Out of Mesopotamia, by Salar Abdoh (no bookgroup meeting in December). The discussion takes place, with the author, on Sunday, January 29, 2023, 1 pm… Continue reading We Read/Discuss Out of Mesopotamia, the novel by Salar Abdoh, and Meet the Author

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24 October, 2022 • I. Rida Mahmood

Fragile Freedom, Fragile States in the Muslim World

I. Rida Mahmood observes that while people in Iran and Arab countries are roiling for more equality and freedom, they are not taking any cues from the west.

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24 October, 2022 • Sara Mokhavat

Letter From Tehran: On the Pain of Others, Once Again

For nearly 40 years, writes Sara Mokhavat, her generation in Iran has gone from one crisis to another.

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15 October, 2022 • Sholeh Wolpé

The Heroine Forugh Farrokhzad—”Only Voice Remains”

The ultimate heroine of Iranian poetry, a poet of great audacity and extraordinary talent, is Forugh Farrokhzad.

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15 October, 2022 • Rachid Bouhamidi

#MahsaAmini—Art by Rachid Bouhamidi, Los Angeles

In HEROINES, artist Rachid Bouhamidi pays homage to the late Mahsa Jhina Amini and the women-led uprising for freedom in Iran.

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