Every year on the eve of the Spring Equinox, the 13-day-long Persian New Year festival of Nowruz begins. It’s a moment of celebration marked by traditional rituals, like the Chaharshanbe Suri, which ...
Mitra Samimi-Urich asking her mother, Behjat Samimi, about her childhood while the women pick through the garden harvest in a still from Joonam (2023) (all film stills courtesy Sierra Urich/Joonam) ...
In line with Cut.com’s viral series 100 Years of Beauty, the channel’s newest video, “100 Years of Beauty — Episode 3: Iran (Sabrina)” focuses on women’s hair and makeup trends from the 1910s-2010s in ...
Ibim, a community deeply scarred by the October 7 attacks, was selected to host the newest piece in the project. Khalili’s ...
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Before the Veil: How Iranian Women Once Lived with Freedom—and What the Revolution Took Away
Before 1979, Iranian women wore miniskirts, earned advanced degrees, ran businesses, and lived lives that looked remarkably like their Western peers. Then came the Islamic Revolution—and everything ...
Even before Saeed Roustayee’s “Woman and Child” premieres at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, the Iranian director’s new work is sparking heated controversy that reflects deep soul searching within ...
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