Iranian culture

What Remains: Voice and the Poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad

What Remains: Voice and the Poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad

In which Farah Ahamed remembers losing her voice as a result of personal tragedy, and relates to the...

FEBRUARY 7, 2025 • By Farah Ahamed
Two Poems, Practicing Absence & At the Airport—Sholeh Wolpé

Two Poems, Practicing Absence & At the Airport—Sholeh Wolpé

In her memoir in verse, a poet recounts a day in the life at the cemetery, and a...

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 • By Sholeh Wolpé
The Heroine Forugh Farrokhzad—”Only Voice Remains”

The Heroine Forugh Farrokhzad—”Only Voice Remains”

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

OCTOBER 15, 2022 • By Taylor Miller
From “Anahita” to Ÿuma, Festival Arabesques Dazzles Thousands

From “Anahita” to Ÿuma, Festival Arabesques Dazzles Thousands

Writing from Montpellier, Angélique Crux highlights four musical performances in a Middle Eastern arts festival that has no...

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 • By Sulafa Zidani
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