REORIENT Editor Joobin Bekhrad opens up to Iranian-American rock and roller Salar Rajabnik about his writing, rock and roll, and his newly released book, Coming Down Again
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This is Not Iranian
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
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’
Straight Shooter
Nazli Ghassemi talks to Shahin Armin and Sohrab Daryabandari, directors of a new documentary telling the story of Iran’s much-loved – and loathed – Paykan automobile
New Horizons
Contemporary Istanbul’s Burcu Öztürkler gives a taste of things to come at the 2015 edition of the art fair featuring a special focus on Tehran
Street Fighting Man
Tehran-based artist and curator Ali Ettehad talks about the state of performance art in Iran, its history, and his struggle to bring it to the public
Hajji Baba of New York City
‘Parviz Khatibi loved his country enough to tell it the truth’ - Leila Jarman and Caitlin Carlson reflect on the trials and triumphs of an Iranian entertainment icon
The King
Dreams, decrepitude, and despotism - Amir-Hussein Radjy examines Iranian-Dutch writer Kader Abdolah’s latest novel about the legendary Iranian monarch Nasereddin Shah
Mr. Violet
Music, magic, and moustaches - Samannaz Kourang Pishdadi talks to Rouzbeh Esfandarmaz about the many colours of Iran’s Pallett
Iran: Unedited History
Natasha Morris on an ambitious exhibition of contemporary Iranian art at Paris’ Musée d’Art Moderne spanning over 50 years and featuring over 200 works by over 20 artists