Iran

Islamic Iran is a Bunch of Laughs

There was a feel-good article in the Guardian the other day about laughter classes in Tehran.

God knows there’s lots to laugh about. Here’s a comic speech given by the ...

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Urban Iran – Art, Photography and Graffiti

Iran is one of the world’s most maligned countries by the mass media and so it’s always a pleasure to come across a book which shows the human side of ...

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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi - World Film Reviews

The original comic had a style of its own with minimalistic drawings in a monochrome blue and the movie made from it is faithful to the original text and ...

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Iranian Deports

“Shoot me.” Lantis said with a smile while looking the man square in the eyes and thumping heavily on his chest. Since the police officer had just pulled the top ...

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Looking for Sufi Dervishes in Kurdistan, Iran

I went to the Kurdish province of Western Iran in search of Sufis. The Sufis are a mystical order of Islam that could once have been found all over ...

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Kurds of Iran, Sonedad

The bus squeezed its way through the rippling foothills that lay to either side of the road. The relief of the slopes against the dawn sky reminded me of the ...

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Dating Girls & Guys in Iran

Okay, maybe in Teheran you could end up dating someone if you were invited to the private parties of the middle classes. You’d need a good introduction though and internet ...

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