Sormeh, a Persian Folk Music Band
byGolnar Shahyar’s voice, the lead vocalist for the Sormeh Band, is the remedy for a rainy Sunday afternoon, when a cup of coffee and…
Arts
the Craziness of Being a Woman
byLaila Kordbacheh is a woman whose poetry unlocks the innermost fragile layers of being a woman. It is soft, yet stubborn. It is bold,…
The New Yorker's Cartoonist
byEvery week more than 1000 cartoons and caricatures are sent to The New Yorker, out of which, only 17 are chosen to be featured…
Unfit Iranian Men and a Movie Called NOTHING
byIn his film “Nothing,” Abdolreza Kahani expresses his disappointment in Iranian men in an angry tone. That is why he gives the final choice…
Nick Cave, Foreplay in a Song
by«Henry Lee» is a song from the album “Murder Ballads”, by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The song is about a crime of…
Bob Dylan and Iranian lovers
byThere is speculation that Dylan’s recent album ‘Tempest’ could be his last mainly because the title of his work is almost resonates Shakespeare’s last…
Iranian New Wave Cinema – Fat Shaker
byThe Fat Shaker, a movie written, produced and directed by Mohammad Shirvani, literally does what its title suggests: it shakes. Shirani’s intentional use of…
Gibberish English Rock Song
byThis song, Prisecolinensinenciousol, a parody by Adriano Celentano is sung entirely in gibberish designed to sound like American English. Celentano’s intention with the song…
Photo Gallery – Four Generations of Iranian Females in One House
byWe are proud to present a new photo gallery with almost similar ambiance and tone by freelance painter & illustrator Parastou Ahadi. She is very…
Bitter Ending, an Iranian Short Story
byNobody can even think of ignoring the three decades of social, political and psychological turbulence in Iranian society. The combination of Iran’s social mobility…
Saudi Arabia's King of YouTube
byAlaa Wardi’s wiggling eyebrows and bushy hair are as recognizable as the madcap backdrops to his YouTube videos: the Technicolor Post-it wall from his…
Immigrants' Cartoonist
byThe Albanian painter, illustrator and cartoonist Agim Sulaj, first started working in the political and satirical magazine “Hosteni”, producing illustrations and caricatures. At the…
Reza Ghassemi, "The Spell Chanted by Lambs"
byReza Ghassemi has written and stages many plays first of which was at the age of eighteen. Before the Islamic revolution his plays won…
Man in the Mirror
byIn his own words, Hossain Rad’s poetry is “the struggles of a bare man in the mirror, with his emotions and sensitivities, so raw,…
DJ of Your Serendipity – Jun Miyake
byTo introduce you to a unique and different style of musical composition, I have chosen this special piece, Lilies in the Valley, a musical…
Philip Roth: The novelist’s obsession is with language
byPhilip Roth‘s 1979 classic, The Ghost Writer, will be spotlighted at Stanford at a February 25 “Another Look” book club event (see below here)….
At the End of 8th Street
byWith her brother on the death row for murder, Niloofar, Taraneh Alidoosti, has only three days, to come up with blood money, Diya, to…
Dystopian Trilogy for Teens
byVeronica Roth (born August 19, 1988) is an American author known for her debut New York times best selling novels Divergent and Insurgent. Her…
DJ of Your Serendipity – 1
byI found the magazine very addictive then I thought that there will be many like minded people who love alternative music. So I sent…
Sogand, Iranian – German singer
bySogand was 5 years old when her Iranian parents moved to Germany. She is part of the ever extending diaspora communities all around the…
Mississippi John Hurt – Spike driver blues
byJohn Hurt sang of surprisingly violent and frank subjects in a disarmingly tender voice, coupled with an amazing technical mastery of guitar. This music…
Drunk With Love
by“Drunk With Love”, by Rana Farhan, magnificently mesmerizes with style, and an abundant beauty. Based on a poem by Rumi, the words of an…
Asghar Farhadi’s About Elly
byThe opening in Asghar Farhadi’s “About Elly”, is reminiscent of Guillaume Canet’s Little White Lies (2010): a playful group of friends turns out to…
It is Sung in Yellow
byDon’t listen to my voice, it is sung in yellow Don’t touch my heart, it’s sick with coldness Don’t get close to my soul,…
Blue Melancholia is Approaching
byIt’s not about death, or the end drawing near. It’s not about love or hate among sisters, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters or husbands and…
Parviz a Film About Iranian's Doomed Future to Come
byA darkly comic depiction of family and community dysfunction, and directed by Majid Barzegar, Parviz, portrays the world of a fifty year old man,…