A new documentary about the acclaimed Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, detailing her outspoken support for the “Women, Life ...
Let nobody say writer-director Maryam Keshavarz doesn’t know how to start a movie. The first time we see Leila, her alter ego in the autobiographical, warm-hearted, personal, funny but also somewhat ...
Last year the encroaching war in Iraq, a country that shares a long and conflict-ridden border with Iran, discouraged many Americans and other foreigners from visiting the Fajr Film Festival. With the ...
Shakespeare & Company will stage the world premiere of Awni Abdi-Bahri's Three Tall Persian Women, directed by Dalia Ashurina, at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre from August 30 through October 13.
Iranian lawmakers have pushed through changes to the dowry law, further weakening women's rights and aggravating gender ...
LENOX — Shakespeare & Company is transitioning from its summer schedule to fall with a world premiere — “Three Tall Persian Women” by Awni Abdi-Bahri. Set in the present in the Southern California ...
When she first started learning to ride a motorbike, Iranian Maryam Ghelich, now an instructor, would drive through Tehran’s ...
An Iranian woman experienced a medical emergency while being detained by masked immigration agents outside her Los Angeles home. During the operation on June 24, the woman appeared to suffer a severe ...
Ahead of The Persian Version ‘s wide theatrical release on Nov. 2, Keshavarz spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about portraying the complicated generational relationships among one family’s women, ...
Yellow, orange and red have entered the local landscape signaling the end to summer and another robust theatrical season in the Berkshires. Shakespeare & Company’s final offering of the season is a ...