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Connecting a Divided World: A Brief History of Iran’s Postal System

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What is Persian Classical Music Worth in the West?

  • Posted on May 16, 2022May 17, 2022
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Future Nowruz: A Call to Imagine New Narratives for the Persianate 15th Century

  • Posted on May 1, 2022May 2, 2022
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How Ankara Became Turkish: Excavating the Legacies of Cosmopolitanism Buried in Turkey’s Capital

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When Mughlani Begum Ruled Punjab: A Female South Asian Leader Between Glory and Infamy

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  • Posted on October 12, 2021October 13, 2021
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Choreographing the Nation: Dance Performance and Shifting Gender Norms in Pahlavi Iran

  • Posted on September 14, 2021September 15, 2021
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Why we need to stop calling Afghanistan “The Graveyard of Empires”

  • Posted on August 24, 2021August 25, 2021
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The Story of Rabia Balkhi, Afghanistan’s Most Famous Female Poet

  • Posted on August 16, 2021August 16, 2021
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Urdu poetry fuels a wave of language learning on Instagram

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How to Quarantine: Lessons from a 19th century Qajar Iranian Prince 

  • Posted on July 5, 2021July 7, 2021
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Yêrêvan Xeberdide: How a Soviet Armenian Radio Station Preserved Kurdish Culture

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The Arts of Protection and Healing in Islam:
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