As an expansion of the long-running Crete-based musical workshop created by renowned world musician Ross Daly, Labyrinth Online, is a digital platform dedicated to the modal musical traditions of the Middle […]

A Simple Wedding stars Iranian husband and wife acting legends Shohreh Aghdashloo and Houshang Touzie, alongside new-comer Tara Grammy, whose character, Nousha, is an Iranian-American girl living in California with a […]

When we first heard Iranian artist-of-the-moment, Poo Bon‘s, song ‘Heif‘, we were hooked. But now we’re loving his sexy new-ish (released in January 2019) song, Ghalbe Shishei (Persian: Glass Heart) and we’ve got it on […]

Naghsh-e-Jahân square is the heart of Esfahân. And this heart throbs to host Iranian natives and guests, foreign tourists or anyone  who comes to admire the beauty of one of […]

UKIFF: London Iranian Film Festival is an annual, independent film festival held in London, United Kingdom. As the only festival in the UK dedicated to Iranian independent cinema, aims to provide a […]

There’s No One in the Mirror is a collection of short stories by renowned Iranian author  Guita Garakani. Translated into English by Hedyeh Hastibakhsh, these stories–although written in deceptively simple language–have […]

The 11th edition of FILMINUTE, the international one-minute film festival, opened this week with a collection of the world’s best ultrashort films, each delivering a complete story in exactly one […]

ASMR–or what some refer to as “ear porn” or “head orgasm”–stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response: A euphoric experience characterized by a static-like or tingling sensation on the skin that typically begins […]

For the first time in Georgia, The Art Institute of Atlanta illustrates Iranian society through a Iran-specific photo exhibit. The Iran Beyond Politics exhibit is currently on display in the Janet Day Gallery […]

Born in Paris, Iranian artist Sassan Bakhtiar, employs Western techniques like Pop Art and Photomontage to create a colorful collection of pieces emblazoned with imagery featuring Persian carpet designs as well […]

We have a treat for you thriller movie lovers: The short film, Bleed the Night,  directed by Reza Ghasemi. As the synopsis explains it: “Audrey is stuck in limbo with no sign […]

I can’t prove that my mother’s brain tumors were directly caused by 9/11, nor that they were exacerbated by the bombs that fell on Iraq eighteen months later. However, she […]

AccorHotels, the world’s leading hotel operator, has signed a management agreement with Aria Ziggurat for its two inaugural properties in Tehran. AccorHotels is the first international hotel group to launch its brands […]

The Peck Shahnama will be on view at the Princeton University Art Museum from Oct. 3, 2015 through Jan. 24, 2016, the exhibit will feature all of the manuscript’s 48 illustrated and […]

FILMINUTE is the international one-minute film festival that challenges filmmakers, writers, animators, artists,designers, and creative producers to develop and submit the world’s best one-minute films. Each of the twenty-five films shortlisted is held to […]

Baba Joon, the inaugural Persian-language film shot in Israel tells the story of Moti (Asher Avrahami), an only son to Yitzhak (Navid Negahban) and Sarah (Viss Elliot Safavi), owners of a […]

  Iranian Film Festival San Francisco, the first independent Iranian film festival outside of Iran, which showcases independent feature and short films made by or about Iranians from around the […]

Iranian-American artist: Farnaz Esnaashari-Charmatz creates Nickelodeon’s newest animated preschool series: Shimmer and Shine. Debuting Monday, Aug. 24th, the series follows twin genies-in-training, Shimmer and Shine, who grant wishes for their human friend Leah […]

Produced by a team of award-winning artists, and based on an award-winning interactive storytelling app (available on iTunes with trailer below), Operation Ajax, is a thrilling tale of real-life intrigue in comic book […]

I was travelling from the South of France to Spain at night with my wife. On the bus, we met a girl who was from Romania. She was from Transylvania, […]