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[...]

“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 ...
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...
The Travel Ban and Iranian-AmericansThe attempts of President Donald Trump to bar entry into the United States to nationals of six Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, have compelled previou...
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