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Becoming Iranian-American

March 28, 2018 by Alex Shams

I took Yara Elmjouie on a tour of Tehrangeles’ less well-known spots for an AJ+ documentary about Iranian-Americans entitled “Becoming Iranian-American“. There’s the Garment District downtown, It’s All Good House

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How Nowruz is Celebrated Around the World

March 21, 2018 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on March 21, 2018. Nowruz is an ancient festival marking the arrival of Spring that is celebrated in parts of the Middle East, Central

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Samuel Jordan, the American missionary whose name graces Tehran’s most glamorous street

March 9, 2018 by Alex Shams

Originally published by “Ajam Media Collective” For residents of Tehran, the name “Jordan” conjures up images of luxury apartment towers, expensive brand names, and twenty-somethings in fancy cars who spend

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The Weaponization of Nostalgia: How Afghan Miniskirts Became the Latest Salvo in the War on Terror

September 6, 2017 by Alex Shams

Originally published by “Ajam Media Collective” The debate over Afghan women’s miniskirts have become the latest salvo in the War on Terror. Last month, Donald Trump announced that the US

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Sedentary Fragmentation: Toward a Genealogy of Chicago’s Iranian Art Scene

August 22, 2017 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective. In 1951, a young Iranian man named Hannibal Alkhas moved from Tehran to Chicago, where he spent the next decade studying at the Art

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Iran Hits the Beach

September 13, 2016 by Alex Shams

Tourism is booming, and millions of Iranians are re-discovering the seductions of their northern Caspian Sea coast.

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Iran’s Beach Town Boom

September 9, 2016 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Roads and Kingdoms on September 9, 2016. CHALUS, Iran- The jungles of Iran’s northern Caspian Sea coasts have drawn generation after generation of Iranians looking for a getaway

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The Tourist’s Guide to Tehrangeles: Exploring the Capital of the Iranian Diaspora

August 10, 2016 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on August 10, 2016. Los Angeles is the undisputed capital of the global Iranian diaspora. Home to a community of at least 700,000 Iranians

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إيران “فارسية” ؟: تحديات الأسطورة الآرية والتعصب العرقي الفارسي

June 30, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on June 30, 2015. To read the original article in English, please click here. نشرت هذه المقالة لأول مرة باللغة الإنجليزية، تجدونها هنا. الكاتب هو اليكس شمس وهو

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Urban Space and the Production of Gender in Modern Iran

February 23, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on Feb. 23, 2015 and again in Women in Islam journal on Sept. 9, 2019. What does an Islamic urban space look like? This question