Ajam Media Collective - A Space for Persianate Culture, History, and Politics

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Happy Nowruz from Ajam: 1398 in Review

Posted on March 20, 2020March 20, 2020
byAlex Shams
4 minute read

Quarantine Kitchen: Iranians share recipes, flavors, and joy despite the threat of coronavirus

Posted on March 15, 2020March 15, 2020
byAlex Shams
3 minute read

The Scars of Ottoman San Stefano: Traces of a Contested Past in Istanbul’s Yeşilköy

‘Songs of the enemy’: The shared melodies that connect Armenians and Azerbaijanis

Long Form

When Hamlet Speaks Persian: A History of Shakespeare Translation in Iran

Posted on December 2, 2019December 4, 2019
byAjam Media Collective
11 minute read

How George Became Kevork: Race, Law, and the Many Transformations of the Michaelian Family

Posted on November 17, 2019November 18, 2019
byAjam Media Collective
12 minute read

Haunted Ramadan: Ghosts, Devils, and the Soul of Iranian Television

Posted on October 20, 2019October 21, 2019
byAjam Media Collective
9 minute read

Seeking Light in the Empire of Memory: War Commemorations on Iran’s Rahiyan-e Nur

Posted on September 23, 2019September 25, 2019
byAjam Media Collective
7 minute read

A Dhow’s Voyage: Sailors and Saints Across the Indian Ocean

Posted on September 12, 2019November 17, 2019
byAjam Media Collective
9 minute read

Muscat: Where the Arab World Meets the Indian Ocean

Posted on August 27, 2019October 20, 2019
byAlex Shams
11 minute read

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