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Urban Development

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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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  • Mehelle
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Things Left Behind: Family Photos from Sovestki

  • Posted on November 25, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 1 minute read
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  • Mehelle

“Beauty All Over My Skin:” Music in the Alleys of Sovetski

  • Posted on November 17, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 1 minute read
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Ajam’s Mehelle: Recording Everyday Life in Endangered Neighborhoods

  • Posted on October 10, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byRustin Zarkar
  • 5 minute read
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Things Left Behind: Art Left to Burn

  • Posted on July 20, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 1 minute read
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Becoming a Post-Soviet City: Social Housing and Urban Planning in Yerevan

  • Posted on April 8, 2014December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 8 minute read
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From the Podcast

Ajam Podcast #47: Towards An Environmental History of Modern Iran

  • byBelle Cheves
  • Posted on April 7, 2025April 7, 2025
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Ajam Podcast #46: Sufi Communities in Afghanistan

  • byBelle Cheves
  • Posted on March 3, 2025March 3, 2025
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Ajam Podcast #45: Toward a Relational Understanding of the Persian Gulf

  • byBelle Cheves
  • Posted on November 17, 2024November 17, 2024
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Ajam Podcast #44: Women, Prayer, and Poetry in Modern Iran

  • byBelle Cheves
  • Posted on October 6, 2024October 6, 2024
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Ajam Podcast #43: Histories of Blackness, Enslavement, and Erasure in Iran

  • byBelle Cheves
  • Posted on September 8, 2024September 8, 2024
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