As the world reverberated with the news of Iran’s lifted sanctions, the Fajr International Film Festival recently unveiled its official selection of films for 2016.
Silent thief The thief that came and stole my “maman tehrani” A thief that came so slowly, so silently that no one heard him And
We used to talk about Sligo and Damavand more passionately than anything else in life. Thanks to Google, Paddy and I found each other. It’s
Humanity is what we make of it To be silent on fabricated truth you sit The garment that holds you together tears and bleeds Baptised
In a few months, I’ll be visiting my uncle. The tyranny of distance doesn’t allow us to see each other enough. He is my favourite
Many books, articles, essays in recent years have been written about dogs and their relationship to humans. They all testify to the strong bond between
‘Cyrus is the Father, and Googoosh the Daughter, if there’s ever been one’ Familiar stranger, I love thee; To the land of tales, take me
I have a dream, a colorful dream! I have dream made of Awakening, Dream of a green world, The dream of a nonstop dance of
Long War is a book series of four historical novels which covers the wars between the Greeks and the Persians. The first book is Killer
Into the abyss of the night I go Without knowing the truth behind what I am told Nights embrace remains transparent and cold within its
The flowers of may bloom Would they speak if they could? What if planted in our Corroded soil they stood, would they care? Lost in
You can find in some of world’s literature and religions humanity’s deepest passions: the passion to unify our many parts which throughout life have been
With the very first poem, “Alive,” Shidmehr captured my enchanted attention.The enchantment occurs in dark ambiguity between redemption and curse, annihilation and healing, courage and
A few months back in January, a friend of mine – a classical Iranian musician – sent me a link to a song, What Does All this Have
Shirin Neshat at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. When you catch the right wavelength that communicates the nuances of a vast and varied culture
Kicking out the jams, kranking up the volume: Sulyman Qardash and the boys of Kabul Dreams Amidst the dust and splendour, the city glows. Lost in
The house was going to be demolished. I had been there barely four months. Karl had suggested that I move there. He knew I was
Mr. Mehran, your story is very much like millions of other Iranian families that after the revolution who left their country for a better life.
It was my first visit in a year. I have tried to see her at least twice a year. She is still living at home,
When we arrived in Hamadan Essy was already waiting for us with his mate, Bastan at the bus terminal. They were standing by a big,
Once upon a time there was a powerful king who ruled the world. At the king’s opulent court many artists were employed. There were painters,
Negotiations of the West with Iran have totally failed. Israelis have taken out several nuclear sites in Iran. The Iranian revolutionary guards and have fired
He was prepared to prove that his 1964 White Peugeot was the only car he had ever owned. He knew the first question, the shallow
A collection of poems from Forough Farrokhzad’s Majmoo’eh ash’aar-e Forough Shab v havas Sholeyeh ramideh Ramideh Khaateraat Royaa Har jaaee Aseer
