Son of Freedom: Dissident Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi
Dissident Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi – an heir to the legacies of Persian rap’s founders – carries a torch for Women, Life, Freedom as death looms.
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Are Marjane Satrapi’s Works Comics or Graphic Novels?
Marjane Satrapi is a complicated woman living and working at the intersection of many overlapping identity factors, and her books Persepolis and Embroideries provide us different facets through which to view this complex of relations.
Mitra Sumara Celebrate Pre-Revolution Iranian Pop Music on “Helelyos” (premiere)
Mitra Sumara's polyrhythms and funky synths and brass hearken back to the popular music of pre-Revolution Iran on "Helelyos", full of 1970s style and swirls of fluid jazz.
Life Atop a Highly Sought After Piece of Real Estate: ‘Iran: A Modern History’
Professor Abbas Amanat shines the light of reason and rationality upon this greatly misunderstood nation.
Trio Chemirani: Dawâr
Iranian-French trio makes ancient Persian music new.