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Mehrdad Aref-Adib

World pleasures

In her fourth book 'Chicken with Plums', Marjane Satrapi tells the story of her great-uncle, Nasser Ali Khan, a musician overtaken by a sense of

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Persian pinic

Iranian Weekend at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, Sunday 10 September 2006. The highlights: Ardavan Mofid & family narrating epic stories from Shahnameh, Samira Kazemzadeh

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Singular perfection

A three-year-long renovation and re-design of the new Victoria & Albert Museum's Islamic Gallery in London has created a new home for the collection. The

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Power of words

The “Word into Art” exhibition demonstrates the imaginative ways in which artists across the Middle East and North Africa are using the power of the

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Radioactive

I was in hospital for 5 days and had to have radiological scans. I am recovering well from a chest infection and an asthma attack.

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