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Iranian

19 December, 2024 • Darius Atefat-Peckham

Darius Atefat-Peckham: Three Poems

Darius Atefat-Peckham’s debut poetry collection, "Book of Kin," follows a boy’s coming of age in the aftermath of a car accident.

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1 November, 2024 • Jelena Sofronijevic, Tarlan Lotfizadeh, Siobhán Shilton, Charlotte Bank

Artists & Animals: Adham Faramawy, Tarlan Lotfizadeh, Ouma & Mohammad Shaqdih

Four artists choose their animals, birds and fish as inspiration, cautionary tale, or metaphor.

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2 July, 2023 • Aliyeh Ataei, Siavash Saadlou

“My Mother is a Tree”—a story by Aliyeh Ataei

Aliyeh Ataei's new story centers on a young woman exploring herself as a writer while choosing life in Paris.

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4 June, 2023 • Hassan Abdulrazzak

Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love

London-based Iraqi playwright Hassan Abdulrazak enthuses on the 2023 Shubbak theatre arts extravaganza, June 23-July 9.

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5 March, 2023 • Mischa Geracoulis

To Receive Asylum, You First Have to be Believed, and Accepted

Mischa Geracoulis reviews the new book from Dina Nayeri on refugees and asylum seekers who must be believed to get through the system.

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15 June, 2022 • Lisa Teasley

Lisa Teasley: “Death is Beautiful”

Should we be happy we're finite? Lisa Teasley weaves a tale merging art, transhumanists and artificial intelligence.

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15 June, 2022 • Alireza Iranmehr, Salar Abdoh

“Buenos Aires of Her Eyes”—a story by Alireza Iranmehr

One of contemporary Iran's best storytellers conjures a tale of octogenarian love in a Nabokovian mode.

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15 June, 2022 • Hawra Al-Nadawi, Alice Guthrie

Hawra Al-Nadawi: “Tuesday and the Green Movement”

Translator Alice Guthrie shares a preview of Al-Nadawi's exquisite 2017 novel "Qismet," a Kurdish story set in Iraq and Iran.

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15 April, 2022 • Parisa Parnian

Torsheedeh: The Significance of Being a Sour Iranian Woman

Parisa Parnian aka the Savage Muse of Los Angeles, recalls the moment of her youthful liberation.

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