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The deceased Gaza journalist at the center of Sepideh Farsi’s documentary 'Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk' puts a face ...
Iranian director Sepideh Farsi ('The Siren') assembled months of video conversations with Gaza photojournalist Fatma Hassona, ...
Cannes has often prided itself on not making overt political statements. But the wars waging in Gaza and Ukraine were felt ...
From Sepideh Farsi and the late Fatma Hassona, 'Put Your Soul in Your Hand and Walk' premiered in ACID parallel to Cannes ...
From a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) joined forces with Iranian filmmaker ...
A documentary whose main subject, 25-year-old photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza ...
The Cannes film community mourned Palestinian journalist Fatima Hassouna on Thursday evening, cramming into theatres to watch ...
We’re just back from some travel in Ohio to see family, friends and even a couple of doctors. One of our hotels was serviced by porters who were refugees from Afghanistan. I was using a cane because ...
New single blending Farsi lyrics and Iranian melodies divides music writers but becomes instant cultural moment for Middle Eastern listeners The opening notes of Ed Sheeran's surprise new single ...
The fire festival offers a great opportunity for that. Known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi, the festival comes in the hours just before the Wednesday before Nowruz, which is the Persian New ...
Farsi-language cinema, often referred to as Iranian cinema, has quietly become one of the most respected and studied film industries in the world. Its international reputation has been built over ...
British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is set to hit the studios today to record the Farsi version of his latest hit song ‘Azizam’. ‘Azizam’ was released on 4 April and is the lead single ...