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See You In Tehran: Tips for the Summer Traveler in Iran’s Capital
Sogand F. A. Afkari is a second-generation Iranian American who moved to Tehran for six months to work on her Persian. It’s been three years and she’s still working on her Persian. She’s also pursuing...
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Fighting Other People’s Wars: Afghan Soldiers on the Syrian Battlefield
A guest article from Anna Reumert. Born in Copenhagen and assimilated New Yorker, Anna works on migrant labor and conflict economies in Syria and Lebanon. She graduated with an MA in Middle East...
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(Red)Framing Baku: Photographing Urban Change in Azerbaijan’s Capital
The following is a photo essay by Ahmad Muxtar, a Baku-based photographer and the founder of Red Frame. You can follow the project on Facebook and Instagram. The accompanying text was written by Ajam...
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The Bard of the Caucasus: Armenian, Azeri, and Georgian Legacies of Sayat Nova
A popular rendering of Sayat Nova. For those unfamiliar with his legacy, Sayat Nova’s story can seem like the stuff of myth. His life is fascinating even in broad strokes: he was an ethnic Armenian...
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‘Where There is No Architect’: Histories from the Native Town of Bombay
The following is a guest post by Sarover Zaidi. Zaidi studied philosophy and social anthropology at St. Stephen’s College and Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University. In the last ten years, she has...
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A TV Show for the Rouhani Era: Shahrzad and the 1953 Coup d’etat in Iran
The following is a guest post by Mahdi Ganjavi. Ganjavi is a Ph.D. student at the department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education in University of Toronto. His essays, reviews, and translations,...
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“Are We German or German-Iranian?”: Reflections On Identity In the Wake of...
The following is a guest article written by Shaliz Navab and Neda Ghotbi. Shaliz is an undergraduate student at the University of Edinburgh. She was a manager of the Refugee Speaker Programme for the...
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Ajam’s Mehelle: Recording Everyday Life in Endangered Neighborhoods
The following is an article written by co-Editor-in-chief Rustin Zarkar about our newest project that will be launched this week: Ajam’s Mehelle Project. If you would like to bring Mehelle to your...
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A Review of Tarabnameh, or, Why Are Iranian-Americans Laughing at Blackface...
The following is a guest post by Maziar Shirazi, a family physician based in Solano County, California. I recently saw Tarabnameh Part 2, the second installment of a massive play by renowned Iranian...
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Baku’s Ruin Economy: Finding Value in Abandoned Sovetski
The following photo essay is by Chinara Majidova, a Baku-based journalist, photographer, and Mehelle contributor who spent the second half of 2016 tracing the new economic activities that have arisen...
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