Joobin Bekhrad catches up with award-winning multidisciplinary artist Anahita Razmi to resume a conversation about Iranian underwear that began over Persian food and tacky cocktails
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Last Afghan Standing
‘We were the only Afghans in Sedona’ - photographer Negine Jasmine looks back on growing up Afghan in Arizona and coming to terms with her culture and heritage
The Sea is Mine
Curator and writer Rachel Dedman looks at issues of migration, displacement, and memory in her reflection on Palestine’s recent Qalandiya International biennial
The Marvellous World of Miss Maple
Who on earth would want to kill the utterly cool British-Iranian artist Sarah Maple? She doesn’t know, either. Joobin Bekhrad talks to her about her art, flying bricks, and her new book.
REORIENT Radio - Hushi
For the sixth episode of our podcast series, Joobin Bekhrad talks to US-based Iranian fashion designer Hushidar Mortezaie, better known to the likes of Madonna, BeyoncĂ©, and Brad Pitt as ‘Hushi’
The Importance of Being Hassan
Joobin Bekhrad catches up with Hassan Hajjaj to discuss being decorated by King Mohammed VI, growing up in Morocco and England, and a recent exhibition about black dandyism
REORIENT Radio - Sassan Behnam Bakhtiar
What on earth is Sassan doing promoting contemporary Iranian art in the south of France, and why is he so frustrated? Joobin Bekhrad finds out in the fifth episode of REORIENT Radio.
REORIENT Radio - Marjane Satrapi
Listen to Joobin Bekhrad crack up as he talks to the acclaimed Iranian artist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi for the fourth episode of REORIENT’s podcast series
A Perfect Storm
Nur Shkembi talks to curator Sara Raza about an ongoing exhibition of contemporary Middle Eastern and North African art at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City
At the Seams
Alexandra Talty visits the inaugural exhibition of the newly founded Palestinian Museum to investigate the sociopolitical history and richness of the traditional Palestinian art of embroidery