The Bridge to New Julfa: A Historical Look at the Armenian-Iranian Community...
Part I of a guest post written by Afsheen Sharifzadeh, a student at Tufts University focusing on Iran and the Caucasus. This article is part of a series on Armenian-Iranians. Check out Part II, “The...
View ArticleThe Bridge to New Julfa: The Golden Age and Lasting Influence of Isfahani...
Part II of a guest post written by Afsheen Sharifzadeh, a student at Tufts University focusing on Iran and the Caucasus. This article is part of a series on Armenian-Iranians. Check out Part I, “The...
View ArticlePolish Shi’ite Showbiz: Slavs and Tatars on Solidarność & the ’79 Revolution
Part I of III in a series on Slavs and Tatars‘ Friendship of Nations: Polish Shi’ite Showbiz– a multiplatform exhibition, lecture-performance, and publication looking at the unlikely shared story of...
View ArticlePersian Rugs & the Iranian Everyday: Photographer Jalal Sepehr in Yazd
Jalal Sepehr’s Knot series (2011) is comprised of 12 images all including a Persian rug (1m x 70cm) taken in the historic city of Yazd in central Iran. Contrary to initial intentions, some of the...
View ArticleFerdowsi’s Legacy: Examining Persian Nationalist Myths of the Shahnameh
A tribute to Ajam Media Collective’s name and inspiration, this post was written by Ajam’s editors, Alex Shams, Rustin Zarkar, and Beeta Baghoolizadeh. Photographs by Preethi Nallu originally published...
View ArticleCrafts as Citizen Diplomacy: Slavs and Tatars on Revolutionary Media in Iran...
Part II of III in a series on Slavs and Tatars‘ Friendship of Nations: Polish Shi’ite Showbiz– a multiplatform exhibition, lecture-performance, and publication looking at the unlikely shared story of...
View ArticleMusic and Race Politics in the Iranian Persian Gulf: Shanbehzadeh and “Bandari”
A guest post by Kamyar Jarahzadeh, a student at UC Berkeley focusing on migration and forced migration in Turkey and the Middle East. Read his earlier post on Iranian pop music. Shanbehzadeh Ensemble...
View ArticleDo you Ajam? Call for Editors
Please Forward Widely CALL FOR EDITORS – AJAMMC.com The Ajam Media Collective (AjamMC.com) is an online community dedicated to documenting and analyzing cultural, social, and political trends in the...
View ArticlePahlavi Iran and Zionism: An Intellectual Elite’s Short-Lived Love Affair...
A guest post by Lior Sternfeld, a PhD Candidate in the History Department at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on Iranian social history and the religious minorities in Iran...
View ArticleAsk Iran: Independent Cartoons and Graphic Novels Highlight A Nation Beyond...
A guest post by Holly Dagres, an Iranian-American analyst and commentator on Middle East affairs. Currently living in Egypt, she is a researcher at the Cairo Review of Global Affairs and finishing her...
View ArticleInterview with a Stone-Thrower
A Kurdish youth covers his face while throwing stones at police at a demonstration in Diyarbakır, March 2011. This is not Amed. Photographs by Alexander Christie-Miller. This piece was originally...
View ArticleKurds without Slogans
This piece was originally published on The Tuqay before it became part of Ajam Media Collective. The advent of spring has relit the path of the Kurdish struggle in Turkey. Activists tighten the ropes...
View ArticleAt the Tomb of Imam Asim
This piece was originally published on The Tuqay before it became part of Ajam Media Collective. Mystics seem to have a penchant for seeking out remote locations. Perhaps out-of-the-way spots are more...
View ArticleThe Men are Bigger and the Women are Louder: a Chechen Expat on Chechnya
This piece was originally published on The Tuqay before it became part of Ajam Media Collective. Chechens might not be from the Czech Republic, as many believed following the horrific April 15 bombings...
View ArticleKarzhantau – Transversing the Ridge
This piece was originally published on The Tuqay before it became part of Ajam Media Collective. In the beginning of April, three alpinists (mountain climbers) from Uzbekistan made another ascent to...
View ArticleIslamists and Secular Oppositionists in Azerbaijan: Toward Rapprochement?
This piece was originally published on The Tuqay before it became part of Ajam Media Collective. Islamists have occupied a marginal role in post-Soviet Azerbaijani politics, not least because of their...
View ArticleMarriage Contracts and the Mashhadi Jewish Community: Art as a Second...
This article was originally published on Jadaliyya.com and was part of Visuals in 1500, a Jadaliyya Culture series on aesthetics. For more images of marriage contracts, visit Women’s World in Qajar...
View ArticleBetween Arab and Ajam: Travels Across the Borderlands of Iranian Khuzestan,...
The following article is the first part in a two-part travel essay from Iran’s Khuzestan province written by guest contributor Kamyar Jarahzadeh. Jarahzadeh is a student at UC Berkeley focusing on...
View ArticleBetween Arab and Ajam: Travels Across the Borderlands of Iranian Khuzestan,...
The following article is the second part in a two-part travel essay from Iran’s Khuzestan province written by guest contributor Kamyar Jarahzadeh. The first part is available here. Jarahzadeh is a...
View ArticleHunger Strike in Uzbekistan: No Justice, No Food
This piece was originally published on The Tuqay before it became part of Ajam Media Collective. The (unregistered) Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan (HRAU) has reported, “On February 26, 2013, an...
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