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

Contagion or Cure? A History of Healing and Pandemic in Qom

Ibn Sina as Corona Meme: The Internet Afterlife of a 1950s Soviet Film

Corona Ya Corona: Arabic Pop Music Takes on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted on April 5, 2020June 30, 2020
byAlex Shams
8 minute read

Poetry fills Tehran streets as Iranians adapt Nowruz rituals to Corona restrictions

Posted on March 24, 2020March 26, 2020
byAlex Shams
6 minute read

Featured

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

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