Roxana Vilk’s Personal History of Iranian Music
In this month's music column, Melissa Chemam talks to a British national with an Iranian heart and musical heritage.
In this month's music column, Melissa Chemam talks to a British national with an Iranian heart and musical heritage.
One of contemporary Iran's best storytellers conjures a tale of octogenarian love in a Nabokovian mode.
Translator Alice Guthrie shares a preview of Al-Nadawi's exquisite 2017 novel "Qismet," a Kurdish story set in Iraq and Iran.
Sherine Elbanhawy lives in the pages of a memoir in verse and finds herself reluctant to leave, identifying with how its author unpacks the complexities of exile, home, family and love.
Artist Atia Shafee hopes that her paintings will "resonate, trigger, and challenge, drawing the observer into the experience," imparting a universal appreciation for art.
Farzad Kohan's art is a bridge and commentary on his Iranian and American worlds, sometimes converging, at other times colliding.
Iranian American artist Amitis Motevalli performs "baba karam" dance lessons, in a caricature of the street tough dance called “jahel,” often performed by women in drag as a commentary on gender and class constrictions.
Twelve Gates Arts and the Collective for Black Iranians are hosting “Hasteem: We Are Here” from September 3–24, 2021. Maryam Sophia Jahanbin Content warning: enslavement, land and labor acknowledgement. Consistent… Continue reading Hasteem, We Are Here: The Collective for Black Iranians
Off the Radar: A Father’s Secret, a Mother’s Heroism, and a Son’s Quest, by Cyrus Copeland Blue Rider Press (2015) ISBN: 9780399158506 Jordan Elgrably Having parents from two different… Continue reading “Off the Radar” Grapples with Iranian-American Identities