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Source: Jadid Online July 2010 High Speed / Low Speed In April 1909, a group of eight accomplished Iranian musicians and singers travelled to London at the invitation of the Gramophone Company. In the course of 12 days, they recorded more than 200 pieces of music, which are treasured as one of the earliest and [...]
Persian Language, also known as Farsi, is the most widely spoken member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, a subfamily of the Indo-European languages. It is the language of Iran (formerly Persia) and is also widely spoken in Afghanistan and, in an archaic form, in Tajikistan and the Pamir Mountain region. Persian is [...]
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) July 15, 2010 On July 16, a group of female musicians and dancers will perform the sama, a traditional dance of Sufi Islam, for the first time in Tehran. Thirty-five drummers will accompany the dancers of Ava-ye Mehrbani, or the Call of Kindness, as they spin round and round [...]
Source: Kubideh Kitchen Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries that the United States is in conflict with. Welcome to Conflict Kitchen’s first iteration, Kubideh Kitchen. Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries that the United States is in conflict with. The food is served [...]
Episode 1 By Payam Razi Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) June 30, 2010 Listen to the podcast and samples of the music The Iran Sound From Way Out is a new music program from RFE/RL with the best of Iran’s underground music scene. Despite the restrictions imposed by the Islamic Republic’s ruling authorities, Iran [...]
Some of the most coveted masterpieces now are the ones on the floor. The race for the world’s top rug collection. By Kelly Crow Source: The Wall Street Journal June 18, 2010 A leaf-patterned blue rug from the courtly heyday of 17th-century Iran sold at Christie’s this spring for $9.6 million, 20 times its asking [...]
By Azadeh Ansari Source: CNN June 12, 2010 A year after a fierce crackdown silenced erupting street protests, not many Iranians living in the country can defy the hardline Islamic government without fearing for their life. But Mohammad Reza Shajarian, is using his voice like never before. “Art by its nature is a form of [...]
Source: Werkstattgalerie Opening Reception: Friday 19th February at 8pm Curated by Edward Lucie-Smith and Janet Rady. Fereydoun Ave, Mitra Farahani, Ramin Haerizadeh, Narmine Sadeg, Nikoo Tarkhani. Iranian contemporary art, with the exception of the cinema, has only swum into western consciousness fairly recently. Because of the political tensions between the West and Iran, it is [...]
Naghali is narrating of important stories from the Iranian fables, myths and epics which have remained in the most important books since ancient times. A Naghal (storyteller) plays the roles of different characters with special tone, feelings and expressions. Following Shahnameh Narration in English language is by Neda-afarid (Saghi Aghili), and the story is the [...]
