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Choreographing the Nation: Dance Performance and Shifting Gender Norms in Pahlavi Iran

  • Posted on September 14, 2021September 15, 2021
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Why we need to stop calling Afghanistan “The Graveyard of Empires”

  • Posted on August 24, 2021August 25, 2021
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How to Quarantine: Lessons from a 19th century Qajar Iranian Prince 

  • Posted on July 5, 2021July 7, 2021
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Yêrêvan Xeberdide: How a Soviet Armenian Radio Station Preserved Kurdish Culture

  • Posted on June 13, 2021
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The Arts of Protection and Healing in Islam:
Talismanic Shirts as Premodern “PPE”

  • Posted on April 30, 2021June 13, 2021
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The Arts of Protection
and Healing in Islam:
Water Infused with Blessing

  • Posted on April 30, 2021May 10, 2021
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The Arts of Protection and Healing in Islam:
Amulets and the Body

  • Posted on April 30, 2021May 10, 2021
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Happy Nowruz from Ajam: 1399 in Review

  • Posted on April 19, 2021
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Tanakura Bazaar: The Iranian Legacy of Beloved Japanese Soap Opera Oshin

  • Posted on February 16, 2021January 25, 2023
  • byAlex Shams
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Weaving Persian Rugs with Mothers’ Lullabies: Carpet Workshop Soundscapes in Rural Kashan

  • Posted on November 30, 2020March 9, 2021
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