A conversation with renowned Iranian artist Parviz Tanavoli about ‘Safar’, a major upcoming exhibition of contemporary Middle Eastern art in Canada

‘On that bright, sunny day in the middle of the sweltering month of Mordad, I saw the ends of your loose, red hejab fluttering gaily behind you …’

A review of Sashar Zarif and Alim Qasimov’s bold new take on the art of Mugham, with a look at the history and culture of Azerbaijan

Joobin Bekhrad on memory, martyrdom, and mourning in Iran, with reference to Sayeh Sarfaraz’s latest solo exhibition in Montréal

Sophie Kazan talks to the V&A’s Curator of Photographs, Marta Weiss about the groundbreaking ‘Light from the Middle East’ photography exhibition

When he showed up at Iranian artist Afsoon’s West London atelier one rainy day, Joobin Bekhrad was in for a colourful surprise

French-Afghan novelist and director Atiq Rahimi’s haunting, metaphorical tale of love, war, and liberation in modern-day Afghanistan

What do you get when you mix the thundering, pulsating rhythms of Southern Iranian folk music and jazz? Pure bliss, according to Joobin Bekhrad

Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi’s surreal and tragic love story of a Kurdish poet, starring the legendary Behrouz Vossoughi