Tag Archives: Iran

literature as the inner fortress against evil (film: Reading Lolita in Tehran – Eran Riklis, 2024)

Posted on May 21, 2025 by admin

Can art in general and literature, specifically, save the world? Or at least make it better? Or at least create for those who love them – creators and consumers – an inner fortress where they can take refuge in times … Continue reading →

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couple drama in an insecure world (Film: ‘The Salesman’ – Ashgar Farhadi, 2016)

Posted on March 25, 2017 by admin

Films are one good media for taking the pulse of a society at a certain moment in time, for surfacing explicitly or implicitly its problems, for making it known beyond borders of countries or cultures. Iran is a country little … Continue reading →

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Documentary – ‘The Queen and I’ (2008)

Posted on July 4, 2010 by admin

Director Nahid Persson is born in Iran, from a family who was actively opposed to the regime of the Shah. As a young Communist she was among the million of youth who cheered in the streets when the revolution broke … Continue reading →

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