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What is the purpose of children’s literature? Looking back to my childhood, I often think of what was read to me before dozing off in bed. Some stories integrated morality…

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Afghanistan: Touch Down in Flight + Dancing American Soldiers

Posted on December 10, 2011January 17, 2017
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byAlex Shams

Some years ago a cousin of mine went to Afghanistan for work. His company (a shoe manufacturer) was expanding its operations into a new mall being set up in Kabul…

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Lifting the Pardeh on Revolutionary Poster Art

Posted on December 7, 2011January 16, 2017
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byRustin Zarkar

Indiana University will be showcasing “Graphics of the Revolution and War: Iranian Poster Arts” until December 18. On loan from the University of Chicago Library, the exhibit features dozens of…

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The Treacherous Territory of Ta’arof

Posted on December 6, 2011January 16, 2017
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As a student (and sometimes teacher) of foreign languages, I can attest to the difficulties that learners face in pursuit of that most elusive of second (third, fourth, fifth) language…

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Memory and Public Space in Tehran

Posted on December 5, 2011January 16, 2017
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byAlex Shams

Tehran is a city infused with politics. Every other street is named after a martyr of the Iran-Iraq war, and the most recent street signs include the word “martyr” in…

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An Evening with Mohsen Namjoo at MIT

Posted on December 4, 2011January 17, 2017
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On Saturday, November 19, Iranian musician Mohsen Namjoo (dubbed “the Bob Dylan of Iran” by the New York Times) played to a packed house at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium. Known for…

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Chicago’s Siskel Film Center holds 22nd Annual Festival of Films from Iran

Posted on December 3, 2011January 17, 2017
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October in Chicago was a good time for fans of Iranian cinema. The Siskel Film Center hosted the 22nd Annual Festival of Films from Iran, a month-long event dedicated to…

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Arash, Melody, & Transnational Youth Identity

Posted on December 2, 2011January 17, 2017
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byAlex Shams

Transnational Iranian youth identity today has rather tenuous bonds, a fact lamented by elders who point to language, religion, or various other arbitrary markers of communitarian affiliation to re-affirm their…

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The Met's Islamic Collection is back

Posted on December 1, 2011January 16, 2017
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byRustin Zarkar

After 8 years of waiting, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City finally opened its newly renovated Islamic Art Galleries on November 1, 2011. With a clunky and…

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