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Alex Shams

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A Persian Christmas Story: How A Jewish Shrine in Qazvin Connects Palestine and Iran

  • Posted on December 23, 2024January 27, 2025
  • byAlex Shams
  • 5 minute read
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Happy Nowruz from Ajam: 1402 in Review

  • Posted on March 19, 2024March 19, 2024
  • byAlex Shams
  • 6 minute read
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First Time on the Overnight Train from Tehran to Samarqand

  • Posted on May 28, 2023May 31, 2023
  • byAlex Shams
  • 10 minute read
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Tanakura Bazaar: The Iranian Legacy of Beloved Japanese Soap Opera Oshin

  • Posted on February 16, 2021January 25, 2023
  • byAlex Shams
  • 9 minute read
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Iranians celebrate US elections with hilarious memes as Trump faces defeat

  • Posted on November 9, 2020November 5, 2024
  • byAlex Shams
  • 7 minute read
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Poetry fills Tehran streets as Iranians adapt Nowruz rituals to Corona restrictions

  • Posted on March 24, 2020January 22, 2023
  • byAlex Shams
  • 6 minute read
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Quarantine Kitchen: Iranians share recipes, flavors, and joy despite the threat of coronavirus

  • Posted on March 15, 2020January 22, 2023
  • byAlex Shams
  • 3 minute read
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Muscat: Where the Arab World Meets the Indian Ocean

  • Posted on August 27, 2019January 25, 2023
  • byAlex Shams
  • 11 minute read
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A Jewish Shrine inside a Mosque: the History of Ezekiel’s Tomb in Iraq

  • Posted on March 3, 2019January 25, 2023
  • byAlex Shams
  • 8 minute read
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Tehran is not just “LA with minarets”: Against cliches of Third World cities on the brink of disaster

  • Posted on January 14, 2019January 22, 2023
  • byAlex Shams
  • 8 minute read
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