Category Archives: Iran
Shadi Ghadirian
Shadi Ghadirian looks at the state of Iranian women, raising questions of how women are treated in society but with a healthy dose of dark humor.
TOP, from (“Qajar“), MIDDLE, from (“Like Every Day“), BOTTOM, from (“Nil“)
© Shadi Ghadirian, 1999-2007
In the first series, Qajar, she placed her female friends and modern objects within the context of [...]
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Mohammadreza Mirzaei
A few weeks ago, I had a short email exchange with a reader on whether the blog should feature work from some countries. Iran, and other Middle Asian states were embroiled as I considered them to be Middle Eastern countries. I ruminated over it for several days and it did not feel right – how [...]
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Mehrdad Naraghi