Translations
Conversations with
Art and Photography by
FEATURED
Interview
A CONVERSATION WITH
ROSHI ROUZBEHANI
On art and her book, "50 Inspiring Iranian Women"
“Being an Iranian woman is an essential part of my identity…I decided to use my illustrations to elevate Iranian women’s triumphs and increase their visibility.”
Poetry
One Thousand
and One Nights
by Tracy Fuad
“When did I begin to have preferences // And when did what I tended to draw nearer to begin to blur”
Commentary
Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians
The Mohammed Afkhami Collection
“Persian art shows how the past is always present for Iranians and how successfully they use traditional aspects of life and art as a foil to critique or comment on current conditions.”
Essay
OUR REVOLT
by Maryam Ghatee
“Word was that the professor came from a family of Khans—major landowners—from Sistan and Baluchestan who often settled in the more developed region of Khorasan with its temperate climate. I did not find this hard to believe, because he moved about as if every object and person belonged to him.”
Interview
A Conversation with Chef Nasim Alikhani of Sofreh
On Food, Love, and Memory
“Alikhani learned the language of food and love—and of mohabat and aramesh—from her earliest memories, and it is as much her native language as Persian is.”
Art & Photography
The Reflection Series
by Sanam Khani
“Who we are today is a reflection of our past and our given circumstances; our distinct variety of cultures are reflections of history and customs; the current status of our planet is a consequence of its past and its encounters.”
Commentary
NASRIN:
“OUR CHILDREN SHOULD NOT INHERENT SILENCE FROM US.”
An immersive portrait of Nasrin Sotoudeh
“To consider this solely a political documentary is to miss the rich human story that is given equal weight, and the source of the most touching moments of the film overall. Nasrin is undeniably also about love.”
Poetry
THREE POEMS
AND READINGS
FROM PILGRIM BELL
by Kaveh Akbar
“Show me one beast / that loves itself as relentlessly / as even the most miserable man. / I’ll wait.”
Fiction
MOTHERS & SISTERS
by Shideh Etaat
“After Rostam left it was the only thing that kept her sane: silence looking at the sky, silence in a dark room where she could pretend she didn’t exist at all, silence after her mother pestered her about finding a husband, about smiling more, about counting her blessings.”