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Recovering Arab Trans History: Masoud El Amaratly, the Folk Music Icon from Iraq’s Marshes

  • Posted on June 26, 2023June 13, 2024
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 8 minute read
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Corona Ya Corona: Arabic Pop Music Takes on the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Posted on April 5, 2020June 30, 2020
  • byAlex Shams
  • 8 minute read
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جامعه‌ی ایرانیان آفریقائی‌تبار: ماورای چهره‌ی سیاه حاجی فیروز، برده داری و موسیقی بندری

  • Posted on April 3, 2019April 4, 2019
  • byBeeta Baghoolizadeh
  • 1 minute read
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Yacoub Shaheen, the Assyrian singer from Palestine taking Arab Idol by storm

  • Posted on February 17, 2017January 23, 2023
  • byAlex Shams
  • 3 minute read
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Translating Game of Thrones into Turkish: The Man who Brought Jon Snow to Turkey

  • Posted on May 4, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAsher Kohn
  • 7 minute read
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Ajam Book Club: Live Discussion with Sohail Daulatzai on Chapters 1 and 2 of BLACK STAR, CRESCENT MOON

  • Posted on March 8, 2015December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
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RSVP to Ajam’s First Ever Book Club: BLACK STAR, CRESCENT MOON with Sohail Daulatzai

  • Posted on February 22, 2015December 3, 2020
  • byBeeta Baghoolizadeh
  • 3 minute read
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From Russia With Light: The Inspirations & Imaginations of Nuri Bilge Ceylan

  • Posted on December 22, 2014December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 9 minute read
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The Emergence of ‘Home Shows’: The Market and Politics of Television Entertainment in Iran

  • Posted on November 17, 2014December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 8 minute read
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Ajam Mixtape #8: Shared Songs

  • Posted on September 1, 2014December 3, 2020
  • byKamyar Jarahzadeh
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  • byBelle Cheves
  • Posted on April 7, 2025April 7, 2025
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  • Posted on March 3, 2025March 3, 2025
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  • byBelle Cheves
  • Posted on October 6, 2024October 6, 2024
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