Critic Clive Bell reviews the latest feature from one of several Iranian filmmakers who languish in prison.
15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Aimee Dassa Kligman
THE JANUARY BOOKGROUP SELECTION IS is Out of Mesopotamia, by Salar Abdoh (no bookgroup meeting in December). The discussion...
28 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Biswajit Sengupta
Mireille Rebeiz objects to geopolitical hypocrisy when it comes to migrants and workers' rights, and supports the upcoming...
28 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Mireille Rebeiz
I. Rida Mahmood observes that while people in Iran and Arab countries are roiling for more equality and...
24 OCTOBER 2022 • By I. Rida Mahmood
For nearly 40 years, writes Sara Mokhavat, her generation in Iran has gone from one crisis to another.
24 OCTOBER 2022 • By Sara Mokhavat
The ultimate heroine of Iranian poetry, a poet of great audacity and extraordinary talent, is Forugh Farrokhzad.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Taylor Miller
In HEROINES, artist Rachid Bouhamidi pays homage to the late Mahsa Jhina Amini and the women-led uprising for...
15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Rachid Bouhamidi
In HEROINES, artists pay homage to the late Mahsa Jhina Amini and the women-led uprising for freedom in...
15 OCTOBER 2022 • By
When an oppressive, insulting cleric makes life unbearable at a university campus in Tehran, students rebel. Pandemonium ensues.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Sara Mokhavat
Noushin Afzali profiles multimedia artist Shirin Mohammad, who glides back and forth between Berlin, Bremen and Tehran.
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Hannah Fox
Storyteller Sahand Sahebdivani remembers the late Turkish firebrand Aziz Nesin who wanted to translate Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic...
22 AUGUST 2022 • By Steve Sabella
Nada Ghosn revels in the artistry of Palestinian, Iranian, Lebanese, Afghan and other playwrights and performers in Avignon...
18 JULY 2022 • By I. Rida Mahmood
