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Beeta Baghoolizadeh

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Documenting Diaspora Letters: A Call for Stories

  • Posted on February 21, 2018February 21, 2018
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  • byBeeta Baghoolizadeh
“Diaspora Letters” artist and historian Beeta Baghoolizadeh discusses the inspirations behind her graphic work and her current documentary project.
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A Home for South Asian Art and Beyond in Philadelphia

  • Posted on January 22, 2018March 1, 2018
  • byBeeta Baghoolizadeh
  • 5 minute read
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Iranian Christmas and Hollywood Catholicism during the Iran-Iraq War

  • Posted on December 25, 2017February 9, 2018
  • byBeeta Baghoolizadeh
  • 2 minute read
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Blake Atwood on the Secret Life of Video Cassettes in Iran

  • Posted on November 29, 2017February 9, 2018
  • byBeeta Baghoolizadeh
  • 14 minute read
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Banned Literature: Diaspora Letters

  • Posted on September 18, 2017November 20, 2017
  • byBeeta Baghoolizadeh
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The Studio of Behnaz Karjoo, an Iranian-American Master of the Islamic Art of Illumination

  • Posted on July 5, 2017August 10, 2017
  • byBeeta Baghoolizadeh
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Sabzi Polo ba Mahi: The iconic Nowruz dinner

  • Posted on March 18, 2017March 18, 2017
  • byBeeta Baghoolizadeh
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Call for Submissions – Banned: Seven Weeks of Literature

  • Posted on February 7, 2017March 2, 2017
  • byBeeta Baghoolizadeh
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The #MuslimBan Primer: Key Terms and a Timeline of Events

  • Posted on February 6, 2017February 6, 2017
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  • byBeeta Baghoolizadeh
This resource was put together by volunteers  from Track The Ban, Vigilant Love, and Ajam Media Collective, as well as independent members of our larger communities. Overview On Friday, January 27,…
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A Year in Ajam: Revisiting Our Best Articles from 2016

  • Posted on December 30, 2016February 11, 2017
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  • byBeeta Baghoolizadeh
Ajam rings in 2017 with the past year’s top ten articles.
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Samuel Jordan, the American missionary whose name graces Tehran’s most glamorous street

  • byAlex Shams
  • Posted on March 9, 2018March 14, 2018
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Between Two Deserts: Visual Vignettes from an Iranian-Kuwaiti Bidoon in New Mexico

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  • Posted on March 1, 2018March 1, 2018
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No Heaven for Gunga Din, the story of a futuristic Iranian novel from 1965

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  • Posted on February 9, 2018March 13, 2018
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A Home for South Asian Art and Beyond in Philadelphia

  • byBeeta Baghoolizadeh
  • Posted on January 22, 2018March 1, 2018
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Iranian Christmas and Hollywood Catholicism during the Iran-Iraq War

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  • Posted on December 25, 2017February 9, 2018
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