German-Iranian Author Nava Ebrahimi Discusses Her First Novel
By Behjat Omid
A wave of titles by second-generation German-Iranian authors is making its way into German bookstores.
Critically acclaimed releases include Nava Ebrahimi’s "Sechzehn Worter" ("Sixteen Words"), Shida Bazyar’s "Nachts ist es Leise in Tehran"...
Paris’s Asia Now Fair Shines Spotlight on Iranian Galleries, Pioneering Female Artists
By Nazanine Nouri
Iranian art galleries were in the spotlight at the Asia Now Art Fair last week. For its 7th edition, the fair devoted an entire section to Iran, bringing a selection of Iran’s...
Iranian-Born Oxford Fish-and-Chips Shop Owner Exhibits Photographic Eye for Character
By Corrie Parsonson
A British-Iranian street photographer based in Oxford, England is capturing his subjects in a deeply affectionate “tapestry of characters.” The photographer also happens to own and manage a fish-and-chips shop.
Kazem Hakimi immortalizes...
Prominent Iranian Ayatollah Criticizes the Use of Wigs in Theatrical Production
Ayatollah Jaffar Sobhani, a source of emulation (Shia Marja) and a former member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom, has criticized a theater company in Tehran for using wigs in a recent...
Iranian Filmmakers, Actresses Defy Regime In Aftermath of Protests
By Ahmad Rafat and Firouzeh Nordstrom
Since the start of the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ movement in 2022, Iranian cinema has entered a new phase unparalleled in the past four and a half decades. Independent filmmakers...
LACMA Exhibition Explores Present-Day Iranian Society
By Fred Parvaneh
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) recently opened an exhibition titled “In the Fields of Empty Day: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art,” ending September 9.
The exhibition...
Qajar Exhibition to Open at Louvre Museum Branch in Northern France
The first major exhibition dedicated to the magnificent art of the Qajar dynasty – which ruled Iran from 1786 to 1925 – will open at the Louvre Museum's branch in Lens, northern France, on...
‘The Night,’ First U.S.-Made Film To Be Released in Iran, Impresses U.S. Film Critics
By Tim Cornwell
Sometime this year, an Iranian-American movie will make history. “The Night” -- a hallucinatory horror film by the young director Kourosh Ahari -- will be the first U.S.-produced movie to show in...
