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15 December, 2022 • Malu Halasa

Revolutionary Hit Parade: 12+1 Protest Songs from Iran

Malu Halasa and Beehype on the latest hit parade of protest songs for Iranian freedom.

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15 December, 2022 • Nazanin Malekan

Music for Tomorrow: Iranians Yearn for Freedom

Nazanin Malekan vibes with the women's revolution in Iran via her love for music and poetry, both Persian and western.

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28 November, 2022 • TMR

Letter From Tehran: From Hair to Hugs, Times Are Changing

One of Iran's contemporary writers shares his thoughts with a friend in the west about the direction the country is going as a result of the Mahsa Amini protests.

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15 November, 2022 • Sara Mokhavat

Farewell to a Football Love Affair in Iran

Sara Mokhavat's first passion was for football and the Persepolis team, but being female in Iran put the kibosh on that.

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15 November, 2022 • TMR, Sholeh Wolpé

5 Poems & a Video—Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora

Poems from Iranian poets in Iran and diaspora, from a new anthology edited by Christopher Nelson and introduced by Kaveh Bassiri.

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24 October, 2022 • Mahmood Karimi Hakak

Women Are the Face of Iran’s Leaderless Revolution

Theatre and film artist Mahmood Karimi Hakak argues that the women-led movement in Iran is different from past uprisings and that women will become the new face of Iran.

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24 October, 2022 • Sara Mokhavat

Letter From Tehran: On the Pain of Others, Once Again

For nearly 40 years, writes Sara Mokhavat, her generation in Iran has gone from one crisis to another.

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15 October, 2022 • TMR

Homage to Mahsa Jhina Amini & the Women-Led Call for Freedom

In HEROINES, artists pay homage to the late Mahsa Jhina Amini and the women-led uprising for freedom in Iran.

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15 October, 2022 • Sara Mokhavat, Salar Abdoh

Defiance—an essay from Sara Mokhavat

When an oppressive, insulting cleric makes life unbearable at a university campus in Tehran, students rebel. Pandemonium ensues.

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15 September, 2022 • Noushin Afzali

Shirin Mohammad: Portrait of an Artist Between Berlin & Tehran

Noushin Afzali profiles multimedia artist Shirin Mohammad, who glides back and forth between Berlin, Bremen and Tehran.

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20 June, 2022 • Melissa Chemam

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.

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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 March, 2022 • Sherine Elbanhawy

The Art of Remembrance in Abacus of Loss

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.

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15 February, 2022 • Atia Shafee

Atia Shafee: Raw and Distant Memories

Artist Atia Shafee hopes that her paintings will "resonate, trigger, and challenge, drawing the observer into the experience," imparting a universal appreciation for art.

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