Abadan, The Rise and Demise of an Oil Metropolis
The image of Abadan as a vanguard city of oil-driven modernity was transformed by its role in the 19[...]


Forugh Farrokhzad: A Journey Along The Line of TimeOn the anniversary of Forugh Farrokhzad's death (February 13th), we received the updates on a film project about this most prominent figure of modern Iranian ar...
Kaveh Akbar: “I Was Already An American Last Week When A Leaf Fell” and more…Kaveh Akbar is the founding editor of Divedapper. His poems appear recently or soon in Poetry, Ploughshares, APR, Tin House, and elsewhere. His debut collection...
“Until we leave this plain of sin and pride…” Attar’s Conference of the BirdsFarid-ad-Din Muhammad Attar (1145-1220) is one of the three pillars of Persian Sufi literature. Sana’i Ghaznavi, who for the first time, exerted love poetry to ...
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