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“أرواحنا منقسمة إلى قسمين”: المجتمع العربي في مدينة مكسيكو

July 4, 2022 by Alex Shams

Originally published on July 2, 2022 on Noon Post. This article is a translation of an article originally published on Middle East Eye on November 15, 2016. العديد من العرب المقيمين

Iran Reporting

Sofreh aqd : à la découverte du mariage iranien

July 3, 2022 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Middle East Eye on July 3, 2022. Un grand miroir scintille dans la lumière des candélabres. Les visages du couple se reflètent dans leur lueur. Devant eux,

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From City to Slope in Iran

September 13, 2021 by Alex Shams

Originally published in Kinfolk Travel in September 2021, pgs. 146-153.

Iran Reporting

Tanakura Bazaar: The Iranian Legacy of Beloved Japanese Soap Opera Oshin

February 16, 2021 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Ajam Media Collective on Feb. 16, 2021. In markets across Iran, Tanakura Bazaars can be found dedicated to second-hand clothes, knock-off brand name shoes, and Iranian-made shirts

Arab World Reporting

Corona Ya Corona: Arabic Pop Music Takes on the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 5, 2020 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on April 5, 2020. In times of crisis, musicians use their craft to make sense of realities confronting society. They help others come to

Iran Reporting

Cuisine, poésie et confinement : un témoignage d’Iran

April 3, 2020 by Alex Shams

Originally published on April 3, 2020 on Le Grand Continent. Puisque les traditions des fêtes de fin d’année iraniennes (21 mars) sont rendues impossibles par l’épidémie de coronavirus, les Téhéranais

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Poetry fills Tehran streets as Iranians adapt Nowruz rituals to Corona restrictions

March 24, 2020 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on March 24, 2020. This is the second article in a series about how Iranians are adjusting their lives as they enter the second

Iran Reporting

Quarantine Kitchen: Iranians share recipes, flavors, and joy despite the threat of coronavirus

March 15, 2020 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on March 15, 2020. Tehran has been under a state of semi-quarantine for 20 days. For weeks, millions have avoided leaving the house for

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Muscat: Where the Arab World Meets the Indian Ocean

August 27, 2019 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on August 27, 2019. All photos by author Alex Shams. In Muscat’s souq, Arabic, Baluchi, Urdu, Hindi, and Malayalam mix freely, alongside a variety

Iraq Reporting

A Jewish Shrine inside a Mosque: the History of Ezekiel’s Tomb in Iraq

March 3, 2019 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Ajam Media Collective on March 3, 2019. Along either side of the Euphrates river as it passes through southern Iraq, a narrow band of fertile soil blossoms

“أرواحنا منقسمة إلى قسمين”: المجتمع العربي في مدينة مكسيكو

Sofreh aqd : à la découverte du mariage iranien

From City to Slope in Iran

Tanakura Bazaar: The Iranian Legacy of Beloved Japanese Soap Opera Oshin

Corona Ya Corona: Arabic Pop Music Takes on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cuisine, poésie et confinement : un témoignage d’Iran

Poetry fills Tehran streets as Iranians adapt Nowruz rituals to Corona restrictions

Quarantine Kitchen: Iranians share recipes, flavors, and joy despite the threat of coronavirus

Muscat: Where the Arab World Meets the Indian Ocean

A Jewish Shrine inside a Mosque: the History of Ezekiel’s Tomb in Iraq

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