Corona Ya Corona: Arabic Pop Music Takes on the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Translating Game of Thrones into Turkish: The Man who Brought Jon Snow to Turkey
Turkey’s Game of Thrones mania is due to one college student. He goes by the Twitter handle of @esekherif_.
Ajam Book Club: Live Discussion with Sohail Daulatzai on Chapters 1 and 2 of BLACK STAR, CRESCENT MOON
Ajam Media Collective is proud to launch its first ever digital book club, featuring Sohail Daulatzai’s Black Star, Crescent Moon: The Muslim International and Black Freedom Beyond America. Tune in on Sunday March 22nd at 3pm EST for our second live stream.
RSVP to Ajam’s First Ever Book Club: BLACK STAR, CRESCENT MOON with Sohail Daulatzai
To participate in the discussion forum on the Introduction, Chapters 1 and 2, click here. To listen to the first live-streamed discussion, click here. Some Sunday reading news–Ajam Media Collective is…
From Russia With Light: The Inspirations & Imaginations of Nuri Bilge Ceylan
“We create our own prisons.” Prashanth Kamalakanthan describes the works of Nuri Bilge Ceylan using his words, his images, and his work’s inspirations.
The Emergence of ‘Home Shows’: The Market and Politics of Television Entertainment in Iran
Recently, Iranian television production has the proliferation of “home shows” (namâyesh-e khânegui). These series have official government permission to be produced, yet are only allowed to be distributed through DVD sales. How has the “home show” network opened an alternative space of expression within the official media landscape of the Islamic Republic?
Ajam Mixtape #8: Shared Songs
Ajam’s latest podcast, this time featuring shared songs across from Southwest Asia. With samplings from Persian, Greek, Turkish, Arab and other language groups, this mixtape emphasizes the kinds of oft-forgotten transnational connections that exist in music.
Ajam Mixtape #5: Jazz in Iran through the Decades
Our latest mixtape by our Digital Resident, Kamyar aka Yavaran. Here he takes us through a sampling of jazz from the 1950s through the present to tell the history of Iran’s relationship with jazz. Track list includes songs from Duke Ellington, Viguen, 127 Band, and others.