Iranian film firsts continue to make the news, and this time we’ve got word of a unique collaboration with South Korea. Producer and filmmaker Ali
Some people cannot be silenced, and Jafar Panahi is certainly one of them. The veteran filmmaker has been creating films in Iran for many years,
The Haqq twins Malika and Khadijah are Afro-Iranians in the public eye, with no small reason being their long-running relationship to the Kardashian family, and
Earlier this month, Junior Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) introduced S. Res 245, a simple resolution in a series this year, “Calling on the Government of
A cemetery in southern Tehran stands in for multiple concepts in the disruptive, exquisite Zahra’s Paradise: a place for community, an equalizer, a safe space,
Billionaire entrepreneur and Iranian Jew Izak Parviz Nazarian passed away this past Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017. A lifelong philanthropist, Nazarian attributed his benevolent perspective to
Earlier this month there was an interesting news tidbit as regards Iranian film: Netflix had chosen to distribute Wishbone, a new movie by accomplished director
Lately it seems like new voices in music rarely ever so much as wait for their studies to be done before polishing off a record
The current president and his administration has fomented an impressive opposition in response to his ascendency. For one, there are the spate of community-led demonstrations
Young Iranian-American actress Medalion Rahimi has been learning to be herself, and it’s been landing her roles. From her start as a young model and
There’s something of a notorious trend with the wives and girlfriends of celebrities: headlines which proclaim their achievements inextricable to the shadows of their partners.
The Japanese music talk show J-MELO on NHK World features a unique, charismatic, multitalented celebrity with a relatively uncommon background: May J., a/k/a Mary Jamileh
On July 20th, the Lt. Governor of Washington was speaking at a summer retreat for the top brass at the Washington State Board of Community
Taraneh Alidoosti’s star continues to rise as one of Iran’s finest actresses, and The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) saw fit to improve this awareness here
The rotoscoped animated film has a varied history, from Ralph Bakshi’s seminal Lord of the Ring’s film, Richard Linklater’s existential dream-narrative Waking Life, and the
Throughout eight episodes, American Gods on the STARZ network has introduced its viewership to a variety of unconventionally realized cultural images. Whether it’s a slave
Evin Prison is located in the hills of northern Tehran, and in the nightmares of thousands of past and present detainees. A perpetual presence since
You know how they call people political activists? I’m a cultural activist. I’m sitting in the studio of Iranian artist Hamid Rahmanian, on the ground
Yara Shahidi turned seventeen this year, and has accomplished much more before her eighteenth birthday than most. As a standout star on the award-winning ABC
