‘Asia Now’ Fair in Paris Cancels Display of Paykan Art Car, Project Supporting Iran’s...
By Nazanine Nouri
The PaykanArtCar -- a Paykan automobile turned into an artwork by the Iranian artist Alireza Shojaian in support of Iran’s LGBTQ community -- was due to be exhibited at the Asia Now...
Googoosh Embarks on World Tour, Releases Album 21 Years After Her Comeback
By Nazanine Nouri
Googoosh, one of the most influential Iranian pop artists of all time and a national treasure to generations of Iranians, is celebrating the 21st anniversary of her return to the world stage...
“From Miniskirt to Hijab”: Author Jacqueline Saper Discusses Her Memoir
By Nazanine Nouri
Jacqueline Saper is an Iranian-American author, speaker and lecturer based in Chicago whose memoir "From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran" won the Chicago Writers Association 2020 Book of the...
Marjane Satrapi Takes Up Painting, Exhibits Portraits at ‘Art Paris’ Fair
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-born filmmaker and graphic novelist has taken up a new artistic discipline: painting.
A series of her canvases recently went on show at the Art Paris art fair, held in a sprawling...
Shirin Neshat Presents Movie in Venice, Opens Photography Show in London
By Nazanine Nouri
Shirin Neshat -- who in 2009 won the Venice Film Festival’s Silver Lion best-director award for “Women Without Men” -- was back at this year’s festival for the premiere of a movie...
In London Exhibition, Artist Abbas Akhavan Recreates Syrian Ruins Targeted by ISIS
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-born, Montreal-based artist Abbas Akhavan has just opened an exhibition at London’s Chisenhale Gallery in which he has replicated a colonnade from Palmyra, the ancient Syrian heritage site which was partially...
Tech Billionaire Adam Foroughi Announces Record Quarter After AppLovin IPO
By Nazanine Nouri
Adam Foroughi is the latest Iranian-American to join the ranks of Silicon Valley tech billionaires. He is the CEO and co-founder of AppLovin, a tech company that provides mobile app developers with...
Director Ana Lily Amirpour to Compete at Venice Film Festival With ‘Mona Lisa’ Movie
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-American director Ana Lily Amirpour -- who won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2016 for her horror movie “The Bad Batch” -- will be back in...
Asghar Farhadi Wins Cannes Festival Grand Prix for ‘A Hero’; Will He Get A...
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi was one of the big winners at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. His movie “A Hero” (“Ghahreman”) won the Grand Prix -- the festival’s second most important...
Glenn Close to Star in ‘Tehran,’ Israeli Espionage Series, Playing A British Woman
By Nazanine Nouri
Glenn Close -- the eight-time Oscar nominee, best known for her role in the 1987 movie “Fatal Attraction” – will be starring in Season 2 of “Tehran,” the Israeli espionage series on...
