This movie is an Oscar contender, but had to be filmed in secret
And at that point, I thought it would be very interesting to make a film about a family like his, with this profound rift at ...
The Seed of the Sacred Fig review: this Oscar-nominated thriller is a blistering attack on the Iranian regime
If Mohammad Rasoulof was to make just one film worth having to flee Iran for, this gripping family thriller would be it ...
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How one language family took over the world: ancient DNA traces its spread
For decades, the leading theory for the ubiquity of Indo–European languages was that early farmers, living in a region known ...
The Bulwark6d
‘If They Detain Me, Can I Give Your Number to My Children?’
NEARLY ALL OF MY AFGHAN FRIENDS work at refugee centers. Since many of them studied at American military universities, ...
The Aga Khan dies at 88; spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims was a global philanthropist
He was widely regarded as a builder of bridges between Muslim societies and the West despite his reticence to become involved ...
Aga Khan, the leader of Ismaili Muslims, laid to rest in Egypt during private burial ceremony
The Aga Khan IV was laid to rest on Sunday at a private ceremony in Aswan, Egypt. The death of Prince Karim — the 49th ...
Lansing Journal3d
Iranian-Jewish actor explores culture, universal family themes in ‘Avaaz’
Michael Shayan, in flowing caftan, spends much of the performance in the guise of his own larger-than-life Iranian-Jewish ...
Yes! Weekly6d
A family comes undone in The Seed of the Sacred Fig
In using civil unrest in Iran as the springboard for his film The Seed of the Sacred Fig, filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof not ...
The Free Press Journal3d
Mumbai: Indian Cinema Delegation Visits Iran To Boost Cultural Exchange
Mumbai: A delegation from Indian cinema recently visited Iran in collaboration with the Department of Mass Media Cooperation of the Culture and Relations Organisation alongside the Iran Culture ...