Not only was Bahman Jalali one of Iran’s leading photographers, but also a writer, publicist, historian, teacher, museum founder, and beyond.

In more than 40 years, Jalali documented the 1979 Iranian revolution, the Iran-Iraq war, as well as the post-war reconstruction years.

Forced to flee after the Iranian Revolution of 1979 at age eleven, author Angella M. Nazarian  takes readers on a physical and emotional journey from past to present and from a country’s political struggle to her own inner struggle in search of a home, family and sense of belonging. Her book, “Life as a Visitor” [...]

Washington, DC–Marking the 30-year anniversary of the Islamic Republic’s existence and reign in Iran, the year 2009 went by…well, fast. The summer of 2009, not so much. The Iranian election–which took the world by shock with its results and brutal force used on Iranian citizens by government-led orders–began in June and lasted throughout the summer: Most [...]

Click here to buy your copy of Mahbod Seraji’s compelling book: Rooftops of Tehran. Be sure to check back soon to read Persianesque.com’s exclusive interview with the Iranian author.

Click here to buy your copy of Mahbod Seraji’s compelling book: Rooftops of Tehran.

By Porochista Khakpour New York – In the days leading up to Barbie’s cougariffic 50th birthday — today — most everyone has had a story to tell. Mine begins in 1958 in one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities, Hamedan, Iran, and it begins with my mother, then just a small girl, and Barbie’s international [...]