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
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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
REORIENT Radio - Shirin Neshat
Ahead of her solo exhibition in Johannesburg, Joobin Bekhrad talks to the iconic Shirin Neshat about her current projects, her career as a whole, and her … style ‘gurus’
Mea Culpa
‘It reads as a poem for those who cannot shake the feeling of having left something behind’ - Sayantan Mukhopadhyay on Mea Culpa, Ghazel’s latest solo exhibition in Dubai
Face-Off
Aysha Khan examines the effacement of the female voice in the literary traditions of the Persianate world, from the days of the Mughals to the present
Hye Times
US-based DJ and filmmaker Lara Sarkissian - alternatively known as Foozool - presents a playlist of vintage tracks from her mother’s stash of Armenian and Persian vinyl records
Lights, Camera, Revolution
A glance at the history and evolution of Iranian cinema, from Haji Agha and Film Farsi to New Wave modernism, postwar censorship, and widespread international acclaim
Remembering Tomorrow
Magic of Persia’s Shirley Elghanian gives Joobin Bekhrad the skinny on her foundation’s upcoming exclusive gala and auction of contemporary Iranian art in Dubai
Initials B.B.
Joobin Bekhrad talks to France-based artist and entrepreneur Sassan Behnam Bakhtiar about his new foundation and his ambitions to shake up the contemporary Iranian art scene
Great Expectations
An Iranian rock star in London - Ben Mirza talks to Ali Azimi about the highs and lows of his turbulent career, making it big in the Big Smoke, and whether or not it’s all been ‘worth it’