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Iran Culture News
Cultural reporting on Iran — music, film, literature and art, sport, diaspora life, and the censorship that shapes all of it — collected from independent English-language outlets.
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US immigration policy is coming for your Saturday night plans
US immigration policy is coming for your Saturday night plans Submitted by Sumayya Tobah on Mon, 09/07/2026 - 16:26 Visa problems postponing Saint Levant and Wegz's concert tours predate Trump, and Arab Americans cannot treat the crackdown as someone else's issue Palestinian-Algerian artist Saint Levant performs at the 59th Carthage International Festival at the Roman Theatre of Carthage, near Tunis, on 5 August 2025 (Fethi Belaid/AFP) Off It's an early Tuesday morning, and everyone has something to say in my group chats. Palestinian - Algerian artist Saint Levant has just announced the postponement of the North American leg of his highly anticipated Afandi tour, his first United States tour since 2024, citing visa issues. "For the last couple of years, I've been having major US visa issues," the artist wrote in an Instagram caption.
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Pakistan captain Fatima Sana fined over Shafali Verma gesture in Asia Cup
Sana gestured towards the pavilion after removing Verma in a caught-and-bowled dismissal in their Asia Cup match.
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Abdul El-Sayed uses speech to talk about Muslim faith and American identity
Michigan Senate hopeful spoke about his faith and the experiences of Muslim Americans.
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F1 leader Kimi Antonelli wins Italian GP after epic charge from the back
Antonelli's sensational race from 19th to the win at Monza makes him the first Italian to claim the title in 60 years.
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Why potluck parties are making a big comeback in America
As Americans spend less time socialising, communities are rediscovering an old way of bringing people together.
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How the West’s promise of freedom created a world of anger
In Deja Vu’s next episode, Pankaj Mishra traces today’s political anger to the Enlightenment and empire.
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Official Urges Efforts to Promote Iran as Tourism Destination
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A deputy minister called for stronger promotion of Iran’s tourism potential in international markets, saying advertising and marketing can change perceptions and present Iran as an attractive destination.
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Ireland’s boxing great Katie Taylor bows out as undisputed champion
The 40-year-old retained her WBA, IBF and WBO super-lightweight belts to become the undisputed champion for third time.
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‘People laughed at me’: Indian youth cleans up a trash-filled river
A 21-year-old student in India’s Madhya Pradesh has single-handedly cleaned up a trash-filled river.
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Pickleball and dining: Why courts are the new food destinations
The fastest-growing sport in the US is the 'eatertainment' trend’s new darling. How long will it last?
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Baghdad Book Fair Honors Martyred Leader with 'We Live by Your Memory' Slogan
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The 27th Baghdad International Book Fair opened with the Islamic Revolution Publications taking part under the slogan “We live by your memory” in tribute to the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Seyed Ali Khamenei.
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UK art show explores Muslim life, Europe’s Islamic history and Islamophobia
Shahed Saleem's exhibition presents colourful tapestries depicting fateful moments for British and European Muslims.
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Cameroonian Blogger: Iran Visit Shatters Misconceptions
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Cameroonian media activist said his visit to the shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad transformed his previous perceptions of Iran, describing the city as home not only to a major pilgrimage destination but also to a rich and deeply rooted civilization.
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UN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true size
The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.
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The number 10 shirt must not retire with Messi
Maradona and Messi each made the shirt their own. The next great Argentinian player should have that chance, too.
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Ireland’s Katie Taylor eyes fairytale finish to trailblazing boxing career
Unbeaten French challenger Flora Pili stands in the way of Taylor becoming undisputed world champion for a third time.
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How UK 'wudu-gate' avoids naming the real environmental culprit
How UK 'wudu-gate' avoids naming the real environmental culprit Submitted by Khadijah Elshayyal on Wed, 09/02/2026 - 20:24 Our mosque leaders must urgently address the dangers of AI usage, which is heating the planet and further demonising Muslim communities A fountain in the Islamic garden of Cambridge Central Mosque is pictured in 2021 (AFP) On In mid-August, as the UK grappled with its fourth heatwave of the year, news headlines decried the water regulator’s allegedly wasteful use of public funds in its campaign advising Muslims to use less water for wudu, and Asians to reduce water usage when washing rice. It turns out that ferocious heatwaves offer up valuable opportunities for flagging media outlets on slow news days. As is the norm with other manufactured hysterias, “wudu-gate” recycled a years-old initiative to viral effect, through the use of dramatic headlines, head-turning stock images and hyperbolic openers.
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Falling House review – fierce tale of an Iranian prison guard holding his family hostage
Venice film festival: Mohsen Gharaei’s powerfully acted domestic drama watches as the failing patriarch attempts to contain family rebellion Iran is a prison and everybody is inside: cons and non-cons; parents and their children. That’s the message hammered home, never subtly but with terrific force and conviction, throughout the course of Mohsen Gharaei’s hothouse domestic drama, which plays in the Orizzonti section in Venice. It’s about a low-level jailer, crushed by life, who returns from the day job and proceeds to incarcerate his own family.
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The republic of magic: How Iran turned the unseen into an instrument of rule
The Islamic Republic moved beliefs about the unseen from the margins of society to the center of power, and used oil money to give them institutions, budgets and a propaganda apparatus, so that its rulers could draw legitimacy from a source no citizen can question.
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