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Iranian Women Rapping and Kicking Ass

  • Posted on January 19, 2012October 20, 2022
  • byAlex Shams
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Iran’s A Separation Wins Big at Golden Globes [and the Oscars!]

  • Posted on January 16, 2012December 3, 2020
  • byAlex Shams
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Green Lighting "The Iran Job"

  • Posted on January 13, 2012December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
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“With time suspended, there is no beginning or end, only endless flight:” A new take on ‘Attar

  • Posted on December 31, 2011December 3, 2020
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Tehran from 435 Meters: The View from Geisha

  • Posted on December 27, 2011December 3, 2020
  • byAlex Shams
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The Persian Pop Scene in Tel Aviv

  • Posted on December 20, 2011December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
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Patriarchy & Islamism between Tehran and Cairo

  • Posted on December 19, 2011October 20, 2022
  • byAlex Shams
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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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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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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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