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.
Author and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi must be released by Iranian authorities immediately.
Malu Halasa and Beehype on the latest hit parade of protest songs for Iranian freedom.
Critic Clive Bell reviews the latest feature from one of several Iranian filmmakers who languish in prison.
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.
For nearly 40 years, writes Sara Mokhavat, her generation in Iran has gone from one crisis to another.
The ultimate heroine of Iranian poetry, a poet of great audacity and extraordinary talent, is Forugh Farrokhzad.
In HEROINES, artist Rachid Bouhamidi pays homage to the late Mahsa Jhina Amini and the women-led uprising for freedom in Iran.
In HEROINES, artists pay homage to the late Mahsa Jhina Amini and the women-led uprising for freedom in Iran.
When an oppressive, insulting cleric makes life unbearable at a university campus in Tehran, students rebel. Pandemonium ensues.
Noushin Afzali profiles multimedia artist Shirin Mohammad, who glides back and forth between Berlin, Bremen and Tehran.
Storyteller Sahand Sahebdivani remembers the late Turkish firebrand Aziz Nesin who wanted to translate Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses."
Nada Ghosn revels in the artistry of Palestinian, Iranian, Lebanese, Afghan and other playwrights and performers in Avignon this year.
The world may be driving us crazy, but sharing our stories across cultures and borders is one way to hang on to our sanity.
Who knows what drives anyone mad? For a sister who loves her big sister and emulates her, the mystery will perhaps never be resolved.
World Refugee Day is the first of seven days during which refugees will be recognized in events across the world.