Ahmad Shamlou (left) | Photo by Hadi Shafaieh. Niloufar Talebi (right) | Photo by Devlin Shand
In Self-Portrait in Bloom, Niloufar Talebi (www.niloufartalebi.com) tells her story…
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On April 17, 2025, I spoke with poet Nikola Madžirov at the New York Public Library’s Stavros Niarchos…
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Mirza Alakbar Sabir and the first issue of Molla Nasreddin / Photo courtesy of Wikipedia
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