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Sacralizing a Shia Public Sphere: Muharram Commemorations Across Iran

  • Posted on December 1, 2015January 23, 2023
  • byAlex Shams
  • 6 minute read
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Parsi Mumbai: The Legacy of Zoroastrianism in India’s Urban Fabric

  • Posted on April 14, 2015January 23, 2023
  • byAlex Shams
  • 7 minute read
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Karbala in Istanbul: Scenes from the Ashura Commemorations of Zeynebiye

  • Posted on November 3, 2014December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 4 minute read
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Making Graffiti an Iranian Art: The Works of Tehran-based Street Artist Ghalamdar

  • Posted on May 27, 2014December 3, 2020
  • byRustin Zarkar
  • 9 minute read
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The King Hasn’t Left The Building: An Oral History of an Afghan Musical Icon, Ahmad Zahir

  • Posted on April 15, 2014June 14, 2022
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 8 minute read
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A Mural Erased: Urban Art, Local Politics, and the Contestation of Public Space in Mashhad

  • Posted on March 30, 2014December 3, 2020
  • byRustin Zarkar
  • 11 minute read
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Constructing Sacred Space: An Architectural History of Mashhad’s Imam Reza Shrine

  • Posted on December 27, 2013March 31, 2021
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 13 minute read
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Between Arab and Ajam: Travels Across the Borderlands of Iranian Khuzestan, Part 2

  • Posted on September 9, 2013December 3, 2020
  • byKamyar Jarahzadeh
  • 9 minute read
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Between Arab and Ajam: Travels Across the Borderlands of Iranian Khuzestan, Part 1

  • Posted on September 4, 2013December 3, 2020
  • byKamyar Jarahzadeh
  • 8 minute read
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Chak Chak Shrine
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Zoroastrian Pilgrimages and Muslim Saints: Tracing Modern Iranian Shi’ism at the Shrine of Chak Chak

  • Posted on August 26, 2013December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
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