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[...]

Jafar Panahi’s New Film: Three FacesJafar Panahi’s new film “Three Faces” is in the competitions of Cannes film festival. The Iranian director, currently under house arrest, has delivered a purpos...
Molla, Laughter, and the ConstitutionIran’s constitutional revolutionary movement attracted many writers, poets, and artists and gave them the opportunity to fight the tyranny of the Qajar court, t...
“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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