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In November 2021, I endeavored to write at least 1600 words every day for a month without limiting myself to any one form. I had a story I needed to tell, but I was unclear on the “how.” What...

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ANONYMOUS #1 1. HOW DO YOU EVALUATE YOUR CAREER AS AN IRANIAN FEMALE COMPOSER/SINGER IN IRAN? As a female composer, I must work harder to establish my artistic work. As a composer in general,...

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It’s the first question I ask my friend as she meets me at Food Court, the new hot spot located inside the Jam-e-Jam shopping complex and, as the name says, a food court in Tehran. It’s the f...

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All the past years I had visited Molana Rumi in Konya, I had never heard of that house. I knocked and a young woman with long, black hair opened the door for me. Not surprised by strangers, she w...

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I cannot say anything straight about Iran. I use small words, simple, but the ideas come out twisted up, like a pair of French pantyhose the women wear to mehmoonis, then pull off in relief as ...

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