Ahmad Shamlou (A Short Biography)

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Ahmand Shamlou and Bahman Maghsoudlou Ahmad Shamlou, Iran’s most celebrated contemporary poet, is universally acknowledged by critics, artists and intellectuals alike, as the peer of other prominent world-renowned poets. Born in 1925, his literary life-span covers the last 60 years. This is a literary life which has coincided with and influenced the great process of…

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Ardeshir Mohasses’ Biography

Ardeshir started his work as a child, drawing the characters from his mother’s bedside stories. Today he is not only a prolific Iranian graphic artist, but also one of the most distinguished artists in this field. Ardeshir was born in 1938 in Rasht in the northwest of Iran. His mother was a poetess and his…

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Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments

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— IBAFF, IBN ARABI Film Festival, Murcia, Spain, 2011— Cultural Center for Zoroastrianism, Paris, 2011— Film Society of Los Angeles, 2010— House of Literature, Berlin, Germany, 2010— Foundation of Iranians of Connecticut, Yale University, 2010— The Persian Cultural & Humanitarian Association (PCHA), Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey, 2010— Anjoman Sokhan and Kanoon Iran: The Center…

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Ta’zieh

— Nomadisme Rituels Musique Festival, Paris, France, 2004— 3rd annual Tiburon International Film Festival, USA, 2004— 44th Festival dei Popoli, Florence, Italy, 2003— First Iranian.com Film Festival, Berkely, USA, 2003— Arab/Iranian Film Festival, 2001— CIRA (Center for Iranian Research and Analysis), 2001— MESA (Midle East Studies Association of North America), 2001— ISIS (The International Society…

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