2020
BBC
The Story of the ‘Queen of Flowers’
AnOther
John Malkovich Speaks on Recreating 61 Seminal Photographic Portraits
The Guardian
Pink Floyd’s Burning Man: Aubrey Powell’s Best Photograph
August 13 printed edition
The Telegraph
From Elvis Presley to Patti Smith and the Stones, Rock Music Is Built on Racism: Why Don’t We Care?
BBC
Iran’s Ingenious Delivery Solution
BBC
A Thirteenth-Century Persian Poet’s Lessons for Today
The Guardian
Glitter and Curls: Marc Bolan and the Birth of Glam Rock Style
Republished by the Gulf Times (June 30 issue)
The London Magazine
Layli and Majnun: ‘The Romeo and Juliet of the East’
BBC
Why Was a Floral Fabric Banned?
The Chicago Review of Books
Wonder and Wine in the Robaiyat of Omar Khayyam
The New York Times
How the ‘Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World’ Got its Logo
April 14 printed edition
Republished by The Independent
The Guardian
What an Iranian Film About a Leper Colony Can Teach Us About Coronavirus
Another Man
A ‘Modern-Day Gomorrah’: Capturing the After-Dark Activities of Studio 54
The Art Newspaper
Capitalising on its Acquisition, Art Gallery of Ontario Unfurls a Diane Arbus Retrospective
The Times Literary Supplement
Kiss My Lips: Female Poets in the Persian Language
February 21 printed edition
2019
The Art Newspaper
What Kanye West Has Gotten Wrong So Far in His Opera About Nebuchadnezzar
BBC
The Trippy Music Posters That Defined the Counterculture
BBC
Why Are the French So Chic?
AnOther
The Unseen Polaroids of Linda McCartney
Vanity Fair
A Walk Through Anna Sui’s Rock and Roll World
Another Man
Unseen Photos of David Bowie at the Height of His Fame
The LA Review of Books
What a Fifty-Year-Old Persian Classic Tells Us About [Iran’s] Predicament Today
Little White Lies
Gheisar vs Get Carter: The Iranian Precursor to a British Crime Classic
ArtAsiaPacific
Moving Still: Performative Photography in India
BBC
What Does it Mean to Be ‘Camp’?
The Financial Times
Spotlight on Guitar Heroes (and Heroines)
April 12 printed edition
Slate
Disney’s Aladdin Is a Fake
Paper
Inside Thierry Mugler’s World: Where Women Dominate Men
BBC
The Electric Spark That Changed the Guitar Forever
The Art Newspaper
Ai Weiwei Show Brings Out Tensions Between Canada and China
Bright Lights Film Journal
Marc Bolan and Born to Boogie: The Great Unsung Rock and Roll Film
The London Magazine
The Warlock of Love: Revisiting Marc Bolan’s Forgotten Poetry Book Fifty Years On
CNN
Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood: Painting Is My ‘God-Given Talent’
GQ
Twelve of Keith Richards’ Strongest Looks to Embrace This Year
2018
Little White Lies
The Strange Case of the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus
Another Man
A Masterclass in Songwriting from Johnny Marr
ArtAsiaPacific
Siah Armajani: Follow This Line
Issue 111
The Art Newspaper
A Love Letter to a Grittier, Punk-Accented New York
BBC
Iran’s Fascinating Way to Tell Fortunes
GQ
The Beatles’ Most Fashionable Moments
The Art Newspaper
Shirin Aliabadi, Known for Depicting Rebellious Iranian Women, Is Dead
CNN
Vintage Photos Show the Realities of Life After World War I
The Art Newspaper
In a Troubled Iranian Era, Art Defied Darkness
GQ
Yes, You Should Start Dressing Like Freddie Mercury
GQ
Why You Need to Start Dressing Like Johnny Marr
BBC
The Book of Kings: The Book That Defines Iranians
The Washington Post
London Museum Exhibition Focuses on Frida Kahlo as a Style Icon
July 8 printed edition
GQ
How to Recreate the Rolling Stones’ Most Stylish Moments
BBC
Iran’s Ancient Engineering Marvel
GQ
World Cup 2018 Kits Ranked: From Worst to Best
GQ
How to Recreate Paul Weller’s Most Stylish Moments
At Large
Concreet
April issue cover story
ArtAsiaPacific
Yoko Ono: The Riverbed
Issue 108
Nin
Prurience in Persia: The Lascivious World of Qajar Iran
April issue
The Art Newspaper
Obituary: Abbas (1944 – 2018)
GQ
Whole Lotta Style: Led Zeppelin’s Sartorial Legacy
BBC
What Iran’s Dazzling Art Tells Us About its Civilisation
The White Review
No One Here Gets Out Alive: Kaveh Golestan’s Prostitutes Series
BBC
The T-Shirt: A Rebel with a Cause
BBC
The Rubaiyat: History’s Most Luxurious Book of Poetry?
Blanc Magazine
Paria Farzaneh
Metal
Keanoush Da Rosa – Persian Heritage in Contemporary Fashion
2017
Monocle
By Royal Appointment: Postcard from Iran Winter Weekly (Issue 3)
Another Man
Keith Richards: Rock and Roll’s Ultimate Style Icon
The Rake
Keith Richards: Elegantly Wasted
Issue 55
The Financial Times
‘A Prayer for Mecca’: Ahmed Mater’s Portrait of a City in Transition
December 9 printed edition
BBC
The Ancient Symbol That Spanned Millennia
BBC
The Timeless Appeal of the Persian Rug
Apollo
Divine Mysteries at Asia House
Another Man
Remembering Johnny Thunders Through Those Who Knew Him
Another Man
Why Iran’s Impact on Rock and Roll Is Criminally Overlooked
The New York Times
The Least-Known Most Influential Man in Fashion
September 21 printed edition
Republished by The Independent
Another Man
Forty Years on, Marc Bolan Remains the Prince of Glam Rock
Frieze
Shift
Issue 190
BBC
The Ancient ‘Arabic Kama Sutra’
ArtAsiaPacific
Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet
Issue 107
PRI
Mr Trump, Lovers of Iran Would Like to Thank You for Helping Our Cause
BBC
The Mystics Who Found Meaning in Solar Panels
BBC
The Iranian Religion That Shaped the West
i-D
The Unspoken Iranian Influence on Western Fashion
Forbes
What Exactly Is the ‘Islamic’ World?
2016
The British Library
Tagore Meets an Old Friend in Iran
Untold Lives
The Economist
Shiraz in Shiraz: Why Wine Is Integral to Persian Culture
Anthropology of the Middle East
Review: Tasfiya
Volume 10, Issue 2
Metro
Leonardo DiCaprio Can’t Play Rumi Because He Wasn’t White – Or Was He?
Artsy
A Lebanese Artist’s Nude Photographs Spark Scandal and Inspiration
Dust
Children of the Revolution
SS issue
Benji Knewman
The Place to Which I Shall Return
Volume 2
The Guardian
On the Shoulders of Giants in Southwest Iran
Aesthetica
Basilico Before Basilico
2015
Campaign
Art and Iran
The Iran Report
Travel Plus
Travelogue: Tehran
Harper’s Bazaar Art
Home, or Something Like It
September-October issue
Royal College of Art
Sin City
IAAC Exhibition Reviews Annual 2014-15
Harper’s Bazaar Art
Cold Turkey
March-April issue
Canvas
A Show About Nothing
March issue
Encyclopaedia Iranica
Hushang Irani
Translated from the Persian
2014
The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Tehran Bazaar
Issue 14
2013
Christie’s
Ramhani, Deconstructed
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