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Tanakura Bazaar: The Iranian Legacy of Beloved Japanese Soap Opera Oshin

  • Posted on February 16, 2021February 19, 2021
  • byAlex Shams
  • 9 minute read
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Critical Code: Ramsey Nasser on Video Games, Art, and Public Discourse

  • Posted on June 17, 2020July 7, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 9 minute read
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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
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Against Digital Colonialism: Morehshin Allahyari and the Fight for the Coming Mirrorworld

  • Posted on July 10, 2019July 7, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 8 minute read
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Thank You to our Kickstarter Sponsors

  • Posted on March 20, 2019March 28, 2019
  • byAjam Media Collective
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Pixelated: How Shaheer Zazai Digitalized Afghan Carpets

  • Posted on January 30, 2019July 7, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 5 minute read
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Terrorientalist Landscapes: Arabian Fantasies in the California Desert

  • Posted on July 11, 2018October 24, 2018
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 6 minute read
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Reza Shah’s Mummy, Back from the Dead, Haunts Iranian Politics

  • Posted on April 29, 2018August 13, 2018
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 8 minute read
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Samuel Jordan, the American missionary whose name graces Tehran’s most glamorous street

  • Posted on March 9, 2018July 11, 2018
  • byAlex Shams
  • 5 minute read
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Between Two Deserts: Visual Vignettes from an Iranian-Kuwaiti Bidoon in New Mexico

  • Posted on March 1, 2018March 18, 2019
  • byAjam Media Collective
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