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Tehran

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  • Persianate Futurism

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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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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Samuel Jordan, the American missionary whose name graces Tehran’s most glamorous street

  • Posted on March 9, 2018January 22, 2023
  • byAlex Shams
  • 5 minute read
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Iranian Christmas and Hollywood Catholicism during the Iran-Iraq War

  • Posted on December 25, 2017December 14, 2020
  • byBeeta Baghoolizadeh
  • 2 minute read
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A short film: “Moving Through Iran”

  • Posted on February 22, 2017December 3, 2020
  • byAli Karjoo-Ravary
  • 1 minute read
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See You In Tehran: Tips for the Summer Traveler in Iran’s Capital

  • Posted on June 9, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 8 minute read
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Towards An Archive of the Basij: Memories from Iran’s Volunteer Militia

  • Posted on May 31, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 9 minute read
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Ritual Matter(s): Nowruz Ceremonies of the Zoroastrian New Year in Tehran

  • Posted on May 26, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 5 minute read
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Zoroastrian Nowruz in Tehran: Celebrating the “Big Five”

  • Posted on March 21, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 5 minute read
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Sacralizing a Shia Public Sphere: Muharram Commemorations Across Iran

  • Posted on December 1, 2015January 23, 2023
  • byAlex Shams
  • 6 minute read
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