NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Iranian-American writer Kaveh Akbar about how he's processing the U.S. strikes again Iran through writing.

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wants to give a fuller view of Iranian culture, which he describes as “a symphony.” “But in the West,” he said, “we only hear the drumbeat.” He was more drawn to visual art ...

Two contrasting works boldly set the stage for the Middle East Institute Art ... warrior battles a dragon in the corner. Although gender isn’t an overt theme, more than half the artists are ...

THIS is the dramatic moment an Iranian woman snatched a brazen cleric's turban off his head after he blasted her for not wearing a hijab. The fearless woman then wrapped the turban around her head ...

ALBAWABA - Activists on social media circulated a photo showing a woman holding a banner reading "زن، زندگی، آزادی (which means: Women, Life, Freedom)" slogan with her back filled ...

Following the Iranian government’s decision to ban women from practicing the ancient martial art Varzesh-e Bâstâni in public, many turned to social media to post images of themselves ...

She was one of several Iranian women who risked speaking to correspondent Mola Lenghi while not wearing the hijab, an offense punishable by the regime's morality police. It was in September 2022 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There just aren’t that many Iranian women in the art world,” says Shirin Neshat, the 66-year-old artist ...

The first time we see Leila, her alter ego in the autobiographical, warm-hearted, personal, funny but also somewhat chaotic “The Persian Version,” she’s walking across the Brooklyn Bridge.