Home to some of the world’s most famous art spaces, New York is known for its cultural diversity. Yet, the US city had not had a museum dedicated solely to Arab and Islamic art. A new museum, the Institute of Arab and Islamic Art, is seeking to change that by providing a platform for artists […]
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Iran’s geography consists largely of a central desert plateau, surrounded by mountain ranges. Due to the country being mostly covered by earth, sand, and rock, Iranian architecture makes fantastic use of brick or adobe elements. Most of the buildings seen in larger cities such as Tehran and Isfahan are constructed using similar brick-laying methods as
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A major exhibition, ‘Sérénissime Trame: Carpets from the Zaleski Collection and Renaissance Paintings’, opens on Thursday 23 March 2017 at the Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca’ d’Oro in Venice. Until 23 July 2017. Curated by Claudia Cremonini, Moshe Tabibnia and John Valagussa, ‘Sérénissime Trame’ is the first museum presentation of antique oriental carpets from the
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Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman has won the 2017 Academy Award for best foreign-language film. The award was accepted by two prominent Iranian-Americans representing Farhadi, who boycotted the Oscars over US President Donald Trump’s executive order banning visitors from seven Muslim countries. Anousheh Ansari, the first Iranian space tourist, read out a statement by
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On January 27, President Donald Trump issued an executive order preventing people from seven countries – Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen – from entering the United States for 90 days. Policy analysts and laypeople around the world spotted a pattern in the countries Trump had chosen, which led to the order being
The winners of Iran’s 35th Fajr Film Festival were named in the closing ceremony of the event
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TEHRAN – The 35th Fajr International Theater Festival opened at Tehran’s theaters
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Iran is getting ready to host the 35th edition of its most prestigious cultural event in February
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Since 2015’s historic nuclear deal was brokered, several companies have launched itineraries and major European airlines have resumed their flights. On trips such as Cox and King’s Heart of Persia, you’ll get to roam the desert bazaar of Kerman, ogle Moorish palaces and mosaic-tiled mosques in Isfahan, and see ancient sites like the royal city
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