Modal Music: Labyrinth Online Music School

As an expansion of the long-running Crete-based musical workshop created by renowned world musician Ross Daly, Labyrinth Online, is a digital platform dedicated to the modal musical traditions of the Middle […]

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Independent Film: A Simple Wedding

A Simple Wedding stars Iranian husband and wife acting legends Shohreh Aghdashloo and Houshang Touzie, alongside new-comer Tara Grammy, whose character, Nousha, is an Iranian-American girl living in California with a […]

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Iranian Music: Ghalbe Shishei by Poo Bon

When we first heard Iranian artist-of-the-moment, Poo Bon‘s, song ‘Heif‘, we were hooked. But now we’re loving his sexy new-ish (released in January 2019) song, Ghalbe Shishei (Persian: Glass Heart) and we’ve got it on […]

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Polo in Iran: Chogân, Game of Kings

Naghsh-e-Jahân square is the heart of Esfahân. And this heart throbs to host Iranian natives and guests, foreign tourists or anyone  who comes to admire the beauty of one of […]

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UKIFF: London Iranian Film Festival to Pay Tribute to Abbas Kiarostami

UKIFF: London Iranian Film Festival is an annual, independent film festival held in London, United Kingdom. As the only festival in the UK dedicated to Iranian independent cinema, aims to provide a […]

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Translated Work: Guita Garakani’s There’s No One in the Mirror

There’s No One in the Mirror is a collection of short stories by renowned Iranian author  Guita Garakani. Translated into English by Hedyeh Hastibakhsh, these stories–although written in deceptively simple language–have […]

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FILMINUTE Film Festival: 2 Short Films from Iran Amongst Finalists

The 11th edition of FILMINUTE, the international one-minute film festival, opened this week with a collection of the world’s best ultrashort films, each delivering a complete story in exactly one […]

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Eating Persian Food: Persian ASMR Youtube Artist

ASMR–or what some refer to as “ear porn” or “head orgasm”–stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response: A euphoric experience characterized by a static-like or tingling sensation on the skin that typically begins […]

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Art Institute Photo Exhibit: Iran Beyond Politics

For the first time in Georgia, The Art Institute of Atlanta illustrates Iranian society through a Iran-specific photo exhibit. The Iran Beyond Politics exhibit is currently on display in the Janet Day Gallery […]

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Iranian Artist Spotlight: Sassan Bakhtiar

Born in Paris, Iranian artist Sassan Bakhtiar, employs Western techniques like Pop Art and Photomontage to create a colorful collection of pieces emblazoned with imagery featuring Persian carpet designs as well […]

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Short Film: Bleed the Night

We have a treat for you thriller movie lovers: The short film, Bleed the Night,  directed by Reza Ghasemi. As the synopsis explains it: “Audrey is stuck in limbo with no sign […]

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Memoir: Weeping Arms

I can’t prove that my mother’s brain tumors were directly caused by 9/11, nor that they were exacerbated by the bombs that fell on Iraq eighteen months later. However, she […]

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Foreign Investment in Iran: France’s AccorHotels Opens Two Hotels in Tehran, Novotel IKIA and ibis IKIA

AccorHotels, the world’s leading hotel operator, has signed a management agreement with Aria Ziggurat for its two inaugural properties in Tehran. AccorHotels is the first international hotel group to launch its brands […]

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Shahnameh, Book of Kings: Exhibit at Princeton University Art Museum

The Peck Shahnama will be on view at the Princeton University Art Museum from Oct. 3, 2015 through Jan. 24, 2016, the exhibit will feature all of the manuscript’s 48 illustrated and […]

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One-Minute Film Festival: 2 Films from Iran at FILMINUTE

FILMINUTE is the international one-minute film festival that challenges filmmakers, writers, animators, artists,designers, and creative producers to develop and submit the world’s best one-minute films. Each of the twenty-five films shortlisted is held to […]

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Baba Joon: First Persian-Language Film Shot in Israel

Baba Joon, the inaugural Persian-language film shot in Israel tells the story of Moti (Asher Avrahami), an only son to Yitzhak (Navid Negahban) and Sarah (Viss Elliot Safavi), owners of a […]

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8th Annual Iranian Film Festival San Francisco

  Iranian Film Festival San Francisco, the first independent Iranian film festival outside of Iran, which showcases independent feature and short films made by or about Iranians from around the […]

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Nickelodeon’s Shimmer and Shine: Interview with Show Creator Farnaz Esnaashari-Charmatz

Iranian-American artist: Farnaz Esnaashari-Charmatz creates Nickelodeon’s newest animated preschool series: Shimmer and Shine. Debuting Monday, Aug. 24th, the series follows twin genies-in-training, Shimmer and Shine, who grant wishes for their human friend Leah […]

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Operation Ajax: The Story of the CIA Coup that Reshaped the Middle East

Produced by a team of award-winning artists, and based on an award-winning interactive storytelling app (available on iTunes with trailer below), Operation Ajax, is a thrilling tale of real-life intrigue in comic book […]

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Op-Ed: Sanctions on Iran and the Dracula Theory

I was travelling from the South of France to Spain at night with my wife. On the bus, we met a girl who was from Romania. She was from Transylvania, […]

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