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Wednesday, 22 October 2014

The fine line between what is permitted and what is not

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Ramin Sadighi, the founder of Iranian world music label Hermes Records, talks about the constraints on artists in the Islamic R...
Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Dancing around clichés

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The film "Desert Dancer" tells the story of an Iranian dancer in a land where dancing is not permitted. Audiences are once a...
Wednesday, 10 September 2014

The godfather of Iranian hip-hop wants grassroots change

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Being a hip-hop artists in a country where the genre is banned, comes with many challenges. by Mari Shibata , Index on Censorship ...
Tuesday, 19 August 2014

Simin Behbahani: National Poet, Nation's Mother

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Behbahani at a Glimpse Image courtesy of Tavaana by Tavaana Simin Behbahani, one of Iran’s most prominent poets, was born to a cu...
Thursday, 7 August 2014

Rediscovering Iranian Artist Bahman Mohassess in Fifi Howls from Happiness

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Bahman Mohassess. Image courtesy of Music Box Films and The Huffington Post.  by E. Nina Rothe...
Sunday, 27 July 2014

An Iranian artist has just one day to save her artwork from being destroyed by Canadian customs

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Iranian artist and Canadian permanent resident Sadaf Foroughi is fighting to get her artwork back from Canadian customs before it is destr...
Saturday, 5 July 2014

Tehran Bazaar

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Untitled, 2009 (Rostam II Series), by Siamak Filizadeh. Courtesy of Aaran Gallery. by Joobin Bekhrad , The Cairo Review of Global Affai...
Thursday, 3 July 2014

An Iranian dissident returns home

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Popular filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has returned to Tehran from exile. In an exclusive interview, he explains why. A scene from "T...
Friday, 27 June 2014

Iranian Director Flouts Ban on Filming

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For two decades, Jafar Panahi has offered a window into contemporary life in his native country despite pressure from the government ...
Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Arts renaissance in Iran, where criticism is expressed in metaphors

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Art market took off under Ahmadinejad; and Rouhani has eased conditions  The figure of Mohammad Mossadegh, the prime minister of Iran w...
Sunday, 22 June 2014

Paris gives voice to Iranian cinema

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Kami’s Party (Mehmouniye Kami), 2013, Dir. Ali Ahmadzadeh. by euronews The second edition of the Iranian film festival in Paris wa...
Wednesday, 18 June 2014

In Focus

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Shiva Ahmadi Animates Tales of Violence and Beauty Shiva Ahmadi, Pipes , 2013, Watercolor, ink and acrylic on Aquaboard, 40 x 60 in...
Tuesday, 17 June 2014

The Fetish of Staring at Iran’s Women

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A woman in colourful chador against the Eiffel Tower, photographed by Haleh Anvari. If the chador is the icon for Iran, let it meet the i...
Sunday, 8 June 2014

Enchanted by the Myth of the Orient

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Max von Oppenheim was an astute observer of the Near East. He was also captivated by its history, culture and way of life. In fact, Oppe...
Thursday, 29 May 2014

The Iranian Kerouac: Ali Eskandarian and the great punk Beat novel

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Singer Ali Eskandarian was gunned down in New York last year with members of punk band the Yellow Dogs. He had just written Golden Y...
Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Iranian art in Dubai

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Shiva Balaghi in conversation with Stephanie Bailey Art Dubai 2014: Global Art Forum 8 by Stephanie Bailey, Ibraaz In March 2014, Ibra...
Thursday, 22 May 2014

Persian classical music mourns a master

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The death of virtuoso Mohammad Reza Lotfi marks the end of an era. Shajarian and Lotfi , Shiraz Art Festival , 1976 by Hamid Dab...
Saturday, 17 May 2014

Black Hand, Iran’s Underground Banksy

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Black Hand condemns the hunting of the endangered Persian leopard with colours of the national flag. Courtesy IranWire. by Ayeda Nik ...
Monday, 12 May 2014

Unedited History: Iran 1960-2014

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Poster: © Aria Kasaei {StudioKargah}. Courtesy MAM. From 16 May - 24 August 2014 the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris ...
Thursday, 8 May 2014

The Design Poet

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From Tehran to New York and now Dubai, Iranian artist Shirin Ehya talks to Rima Alsammarae about how jasmine trees and crisp autumn nights...
Friday, 2 May 2014

Mohammad-Reza Lotfi

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A silence has fallen now Lotfi has gone, but only till the next time we listen to his music, which is where he has always lived. 
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Thursday, 1 May 2014

Art's 'Meeting Point'

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The Leila Heller Gallery Opens a New Space on 57th Street One of the rooms in Leila Heller's new 16,000-square-foot, six-floor art...
Tuesday, 29 April 2014

Music and Power in Iran: An instrument of propaganda and control

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In her essay, Maria Koomen examines the important role played by music in the history of Iran, in particular since the Islamic revolution...
Friday, 25 April 2014

Diverse themes characterize UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema

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'The Snow on the Pines,' about a piano teacher who discovers her husband's affair, opened the UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cine...
Wednesday, 23 April 2014

Political landscapes, personal details

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at Ars Libri A photograph from Gohar Dashti’s “Volcano” series, 2012. Courtesy Robert Klein Gallery and Boston Globe. by Cate McQu...
Thursday, 17 April 2014

Poetry of protest gives view into distant worlds

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by Maya Weeks, Index on Censorship A few weeks ago, 13,000 writers swarmed Seattle for the annual Association of Writers and Writing P...
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Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Picture This: The secret meaning of Iranian photographs

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Sadegh Tirafkan, "Untitled" from the Endless series, 2009 digital photo collage. Courtesy The Estate of Sadegh Tirafkan and T...
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Monday, 14 April 2014

Not so secret salsa nights in Tehran

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In the posh neighborhoods of the Iranian capital, things are happening behind closed doors. Among a tightly-knit group of youth, dancing ...
Sunday, 13 April 2014

Shining a light on inner conflicts

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"Darband" and "Sar be Mohr" are two new Iranian films that offer profound insights into the lives of young urban...