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Ajam Podcast #19: A Cinematic History of Iranian Cosmopolitanism

  • Posted on July 19, 2020July 20, 2020
  • byRustin Zarkar
  • 1 minute read
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When did Afghan Cinema Begin? A History of Kabul’s Filmic Pasts

  • Posted on July 12, 2020July 15, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 9 minute read
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Critical Code: Ramsey Nasser on Video Games, Art, and Public Discourse

  • Posted on June 17, 2020July 7, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 9 minute read
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Ibn Sina as Corona Meme: The Internet Afterlife of a 1950s Soviet Film

  • Posted on April 16, 2020April 24, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 8 minute read
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When Hamlet Speaks Persian: A History of Shakespeare Translation in Iran

  • Posted on December 2, 2019December 4, 2019
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 11 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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My Parents Don’t Talk to Me: Photography & Intergenerational Silence in Georgia

  • Posted on March 11, 2019March 12, 2019
  • byRustin Zarkar
  • 9 minute read
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Pixelated: How Shaheer Zazai Digitalized Afghan Carpets

  • Posted on January 30, 2019July 7, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 5 minute read
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A Turkish Star is Born: The 1970s Remake That Launched the Career of Turkey’s Queen of Pop

  • Posted on October 15, 2018November 26, 2018
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 10 minute read
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Between Two Deserts: Visual Vignettes from an Iranian-Kuwaiti Bidoon in New Mexico

  • Posted on March 1, 2018March 18, 2019
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 3 minute read
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Ajam Podcast #36: Being Persian before Modern Iran

  • byAli Karjoo-Ravary
  • Posted on April 12, 2021
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Ajam Podcast #35: Creating India, Forgetting Hindustan

  • byAli Karjoo-Ravary
  • Posted on March 8, 2021March 8, 2021
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Ajam Podcast #34: Finding Home through Armenian Music with Joseph Bohigian

  • byRustin Zarkar
  • Posted on February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
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Ajam Podcast #33: Muslim Narratives of the Formation of Premodern Gujarat

  • byAli Karjoo-Ravary
  • Posted on February 8, 2021
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Ajam Podcast #32: Chinese Muslims and Imperial Japan

  • byAli Karjoo-Ravary
  • Posted on January 25, 2021January 25, 2021
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