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Strolling in Sa’d Abad

We visited the Sa'd Abad Palace in Tehran on June 30, 2007. This beautiful garden compound is located on the foothills of Alborz Mountain range

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The devil’s genius

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to onewho is striking at the root. – Henry David Thoreau With censorship abound, we

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War and Peace!

The ogre strikes again, this time she has targeted the Iranian diaspora in the United States. In an article posted on iranian.com, “High on hate,”

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Dasht-e Shaghayegh

This summer (2007) my friend Reza Kianian invited me to join him, his family and friends to go to the site of filming of his

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2 films, 2 views

Ever since I saw FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY I have found myself increasingly discovering various layers of subtexts finding their way into my curious and analytical mind.

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3D Iranians

As Iran has shifted into the focus of world attention, many aspects of Iranian politics, society and attitudes fascinate westerners who try to understand seeming

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Cinema Evin

In his film Salam Cinema, Mohsen Makhmalbaf reveals how artfully a director can manipulate non-professional actors into fake states of mind appropriate to his designs.

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Strolling in Sa’d Abad

We visited the Sa’d Abad Palace in Tehran on June 30, 2007. This beautiful garden compound is located on the foothills of Alborz Mountain range

Read More »

Cinema Evin

In his film Salam Cinema, Mohsen Makhmalbaf reveals how artfully a director can manipulate non-professional actors into fake states of mind appropriate to his designs.

Read More »