Millions of Iranians Get Ready to Celebrate Yalda, Longest Night of Year
By Nazanine Nouri
Millions of Iranians and people of Iranian descent around the world are preparing to celebrate the ancient Persian festival of Shab e Yalda, the longest and darkest night of the year — or...
Nazanin Boniadi Receives Untermyer Award in Yonkers, New York
By Kayhan Life Staff
Nazanin Boniadi, the British-Iranian actress and human rights activist, has won the 2025 Samuel Untermyer Award. It was given out at the annual Mehregan sunset soiree at the Untermyer Gardens in...
Aga Khan Award for Architecture Recognizes Two Iranian Architecture Practices
By Nazanine Nouri
Two Iranian architecture practices are among the seven winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA), which was announced on September 2. They are ZAV Architects/ Mohamadreza Ghodousi, who won the...
Iranian Cooking, Live on Stage: ‘My English Persian Kitchen’ Returns to London Theater
By Nazanine Nouri
“My English Persian Kitchen” – a play in which a young woman cooks ‘Ash Reshteh,’ a tasty noodle soup, live on stage – is returning to London’s prestigious Soho Theatre after a...
Lord David Alliance, Leading Textile Magnate and Philanthropist, Dies In London
By Nazanine Nouri
Lord David Alliance CBE, the Iranian-born British textile magnate and philanthropist, passed away at the age of 93 on July 18th. For more than half a century, he was one of Britain’s...
Artist Y.Z. Kami Opens Major Painting Show At Gagosian Beverly Hills, Exhibits in France
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-born, New York-based artist Y.Z. Kami has just opened a major exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills – one of many shows that the artist has presented at Gagosian...
Architect Farshid Moussavi, A Harvard Professor, Curates Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
By Nazanine Nouri
The Royal Academy of Arts in London has held a Summer Exhibition every year without interruption since 1769. This year, for the first time, the Exhibition is curated by an architect: Farshid...
At Cannes Film Festival, Directors Panahi, Roustayi Are Contenders for Palme d’Or
By Nazanine Nouri
The acclaimed Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Saeed Roustayi are contenders for the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the world’s most important cinematic competition. The prize, known as the Palme...
‘The Persians’ by Sanam Mahloudji Is Nominated for UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction
By Nazanine Nouri
“The Persians” – the debut novel by the Iranian-born American author, U.K.-based Sanam Mahloudji has been shortlisted for the 30th Women’s Prize for Fiction, the U.K.’s leading award for female novelists.
The prize...
Nowruz Is Celebrated By 300 Million People; Ceremony Held In Persepolis
By Nazanine Nouri
This week marks the start of the Persian New Year 1404 -- or Nowruz -- for more than 300 million people around the world, foremost among them the people of Iran, for whom it...
