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Muscat: Where the Arab World Meets the Indian Ocean

  • Posted on August 27, 2019October 20, 2019
  • byAlex Shams
  • 11 minute read
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Who “wrote” Aladdin? The Forgotten Syrian Storyteller

  • Posted on September 14, 2017November 17, 2019
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 11 minute read
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Who was the “real” Aladdin? From Chinese to Arab in 300 Years

  • Posted on August 10, 2017September 14, 2017
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 10 minute read
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‘Where There is No Architect’: Histories from the Native Town of Bombay

  • Posted on July 27, 2016January 20, 2017
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  • byAjam Media Collective
Bombay’s history is woven around tales of cosmopolitanism. But while the grandiose architecture of the colonial city gets all the attention, the vernacular architecture built by the cosmopolitanism from below in the so-called “Native Town” nearby is too often overlooked.
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The Bard of the Caucasus: Armenian, Azeri, and Georgian Legacies of Sayat Nova

  • Posted on June 28, 2016February 27, 2019
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  • byKamyar Jarahzadeh
If Sayat Nova wrote hundreds of songs in Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian, then why are the cross-cultural celebrations of Sayat Nova so few and far between? Gaps in the historical record and contemporary political environment make a pancultural perspective of the legendary bard of the Caucasus more difficult.
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Saghar Sadeghian on Non-Muslims and the Iranian Parliament, 1906-1911

  • Posted on April 7, 2016March 20, 2019
  • byAjam Media Collective
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Exhausted Geographies: Mapping the Dream of Pakistan in the Streets of Karachi

  • Posted on November 12, 2015November 25, 2017
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  • byAlex Shams
Ajam co-editor-in-chief Alex Shams interviews Shahana Rajani and Zahra Malkani about their new edited volume “Exhausted Geographies,” which explores representations of the urban space of Karachi, Pakistan through mapping.
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What Do We Mean When We Say “Hepimiz”? Exploring Chants of Solidarity in Turkish Protest Movements

  • Posted on October 13, 2015January 20, 2017
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  • byAsher Kohn
In the wake of the Ankara bombings, we investigate language of solidarity and liberty during protest movements.
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Parsi Mumbai: The Legacy of Zoroastrianism in India’s Urban Fabric

  • Posted on April 14, 2015January 20, 2017
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  • byAlex Shams
Despite the Zoroastrian community’s waning numbers, the urban fabric of Mumbai’s older neighborhoods remain dominated by symbols and reminders of the Parsi and Irani communities’ success in the Subcontinent.
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Abadan: Oil City Dreams and the Nostalgia for Past Futures in Iran

  • Posted on February 16, 2015January 17, 2017
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The southwestern city of Abadan has an almost mythical status in Iranian historical consciousness, as the town’s past as a cosmopolitan oil city remains a focus of national nostalgia. This piece is the first part in a series exploring how Abadan is imagined in Iran today.
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  • Posted on November 3, 2019November 4, 2019
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  • Posted on October 14, 2019October 14, 2019
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  • byRustin Zarkar
  • Posted on September 3, 2019September 4, 2019
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  • Posted on June 23, 2019June 24, 2019
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  • Posted on June 3, 2019June 4, 2019
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