People whose first language is Farsi have been attending churches around the country in increasing numbers in recent years. Most are from Iran, and many of them arrived seeking asylum. Some also ...

Farsi was reportedly emotional at the premiere while introducing the film and held up a photo of Hassouna. “She used to say this would pass,” Farsi was quoted as having said about Hassan by ...

Fatma Hassona, the Palestinian photojournalist whose death in an Israeli missile strike has sparked global outrage, was the victim of a targeted assassination, Iranian director Sepideh Farsi told ...

Iranian director Sepideh Farsi ('The Siren') assembled months of video conversations with Gaza photojournalist Fatma Hassona, who was killed along with her family last month. By Jordan Mintzer It ...

Sepideh Farsi’s documentary Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk is built around Farsi’s video calls with Hassona over the course of 2024, and offers an intimate portrait of daily life as Gaza ...

You can get in touch with Amir by emailing a.daftari@newsweek.com. Languages: English and Farsi Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, fears of nuclear conflict are mounting as both ...

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is a collaboration between award-winning Iranian documentary filmmaker Sepideh Farsi, who could not enter Gaza, and Hassouna, who could not leave. Their meeting ...

With over four years of experience in fashion and lifestyle journalism, Tanya is a Political Science graduate from Lady Shri Ram College. She also studied journalism at Xavier Institute of ...

Sepideh Farsi had been following the life of Fatma Hassona, but a week and a half ago, the day after they heard the film had been selected for Cannes, Hassona was killed, along with nine members ...

Sepideh Farsi, an Iranian filmmaker living in France who directed the documentary about Hassona, described her as “a friend, sister, a talented artist, a photographer.” Hassona, known as Fatem ...

Director Sepideh Farsi on the shock of losing Fatma Hassona, the Palestinian subject of her film, in an Israeli missile strike just weeks before its Cannes premiere. Photo: Sepideh Farsi The film ...

She was featured in Sepideh Farsi’s documentary film, Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk, which has been selected to be screened in the ACID section at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in May 2025.