Net-A-Porter Selects Sahar Asvandi, Designer of S. Joon Handbags, For Mentorship Program
By Nazanine Nouri
Sahar Asvandi is the British-Iranian designer behind the luxury handbag label S.Joon, and one of only four designers selected to participate in NET-A-PORTER’s Spring-Summer 2020 prestigious Vanguard program.
The global luxury e-commerce brand’s...
Monir Farmanfarmaian Work Sells For More than $200,000 In Online Bonhams Auction
By Nazanine Nouri
A work by the late artist Monir Farmanfarmaian sold online for 168,813 pounds ($213,000) in an auction of Middle Eastern art held by Bonhams last week.
“The Magnificent Sacred” -- a meter-wide nonagon...
‘Black Wave’: Ex-BBC Journalist Kim Ghattas Analyzes Iran and Saudi Arabia in Book
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The Middle East is one of the hardest areas of the world for journalists to cover. It requires not only a grasp of current affairs, but also a deep familiarity with the...
Iranian Art Market Faces Challenging Times, Says Dubai-Based Gallerist Sunny Rahbar
By Rawaa Talass
Born in the United States to Iranian parents, the Dubai-based gallerist Sunny Rahbar co-founded her gallery, The Third Line, back in 2005, when the Emirati city was beginning to develop a contemporary-art...
Desecration of Iran’s Holiest Jewish Site: Interview with Journalist Menashe Amir
By Azadeh Karimi
On May 14, an unknown person or persons allegedly set fire to the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamadan, capital of the northwestern province of Hamadan, which is arguably the holiest...
‘Superabundantly Talented’ Author Ottessa Moshfegh Releases New Book
By Nazanine Nouri
Ottessa Moshfegh is an award-winning American author and novelist of Iranian descent who has published four books to great critical acclaim since 2014. Her latest -- "Death in Her Hands," described as...
Meet Samin Nosrat: Netflix Series Host, Star Chef, and Bestselling Cookbook Author
By Nazanine Nouri
Samin Nosrat is a face you'll recognize: She presents the hugely popular Netflix series “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking,” adapted from her bestselling book. The Iranian-American chef...
Iranian-Canadian Director Keshvari Makes First Movie on Coronavirus
By Ahmad Rafat
Iranian-Canadian director Mostafa Keshvari has made the first full-length film about the coronavirus pandemic titled “Corona” with the tagline “Fear is a Virus.”
The film is about the interactions between seven people who...
Iranian-American Authors Publish New Collection of Real-Life Stories From the Diaspora
By Nazanine Nouri
“My Shadow is My Skin: Voices from the Iranian Diaspora” is a recently published collection of nonfiction stories spanning the period from the 1979 Iranian revolution to the present, written by 32...
Iranian-Born Novelist Shokoofeh Azar Nominated for International Booker Prize
By Nazanine Nouri
This year’s International Booker Prize -- a global literary award for the best book translated into English and published in Britain or Ireland -- has an Iranian-born nominee: Shokoofeh Azar, for her...
