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Joobin Bekhrad
BBA, MSc, MS

︎ jb@joobinbekhrad.com
© 2024


‘Your articles are brilliant and so well-researched.’
Barbara Hulanicki, OBE

Selected Articles
2013 — 2020




Aesthetica


Basilico Before Basilico

AnOther


John Malkovich Speaks on Recreating 61 Seminal Photographic Portraits

The Unseen Polaroids of Linda McCartney

Another Man


A ‘Modern-Day Gomorrah’: Capturing the After-Dark Activities of Studio 54

Unseen Photos of David Bowie at the Height of His Fame

A Masterclass in Songwriting from Johnny Marr

Keith Richards: Rock and Roll’s Ultimate Style Icon

Remembering Johnny Thunders Through Those Who Knew Him

Why Iran’s Impact on Rock and Roll Is Criminally Overlooked

Forty Years on, Marc Bolan Remains the Prince of Glam Rock

Anthropology of the Middle East


Review: Tasfiya 
Volume 10, Issue 2

Apollo


Divine Mysteries at Asia House

ArtAsiaPacific


Moving Still: Performative Photography in India

Siah Armajani: Follow This Line
Issue 111

Yoko Ono: The Riverbed
Issue 108

Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet
Issue 107

Artsy


A Lebanese Artist’s Nude Photographs Spark Scandal and Inspiration

The Art Newspaper


Capitalising on its Acquisition, Art Gallery of Ontario Unfurls a Diane Arbus Retrospective

What Kanye West Has Gotten Wrong So Far in His Opera About Nebuchadnezzar

Ai Weiwei Show Brings Out Tensions Between Canada and China
French

A Love Letter to a Grittier, Punk-Accented New York

Shirin Aliabadi, Known for Depicting Rebellious Iranian Women, Is Dead

In a Troubled Iranian Era, Art Defied Darkness

Obituary: Abbas (1944 – 2018)
Russian

At Large


Concreet
April 2018 issue cover story

BBC


The Story of the ‘Queen of Flowers’
Vietnamese

Iran’s Ingenious Delivery Solution
Vietnamese

A Thirteenth-Century Persian Poet’s Lessons for Today
Turkish

Why Was a Floral Fabric Banned?
Greek

The Trippy Music Posters That Defined the Counterculture

Why Are the French So Chic?
Vietnamese

What Does it Mean to Be ‘Camp’?
Chinese ·  Indonesian

The Electric Spark That Changed the Guitar Forever
Vietnamese

Iran’s Fascinating Way to Tell Fortunes
Chinese · Indonesian · Portuguese

The Book of Kings: the Book That Defines Iranians
Persian

Iran’s Ancient Engineering Marvel
Chinese · Indonesian

What Iran’s Dazzling Art Tells Us About its Civilisation
Chinese · Indonesian · Persian · Turkish

The T-Shirt: a Rebel with a Cause

The Rubaiyat: History’s Most Luxurious Book of Poetry?
Arani · Persian · Spanish · Turkish · Vietnamese

The Ancient Symbol That Spanned Millennia
Indonesian

The Timeless Appeal of the Persian Rug
Chinese · Turkish

The Ancient ‘Arabic Kama Sutra
Indonesian · Persian · Spanish · Vietnamese

The Mystics Who Found Meaning in Solar Panels
Chinese · Vietnamese

The Iranian Religion That Shaped the West
Czech · Indonesian · Persian · Portuguese · Russian · Spanish · Turkish · Vietnamese

Benji Knewman


The Place to Which I Shall Return
Volume 2

Blanc Magazine


Paria Farzaneh
Russian

Bright Lights Film Journal


Marc Bolan and Born to Boogie: the Great Unsung Rock and Roll Film


The British Library


Tagore Meets an Old Friend in Iran
Untold Lives

The Cairo Review of Global Affairs


Tehran Bazaar
Issue 14

Campaign


Art and Iran
The Iran Report

Canvas


A Show About Nothing
March 2015 issue

The Chicago Review of Books


Wonder and Wine in The Robaiyat of Omar Khayyam
 

Christie’s


Ramhani, Deconstructed

CNN


Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood: Painting Is My ‘God-Given Talent’

Vintage Photos Show the Realities of Life After World War I

Dust


Children of the Revolution
SS 2016 issue

The Economist


Shiraz in Shiraz: Why Wine Is Integral to Persian Culture

Encyclopaedia Iranica


Hushang Irani
Translated from the Persian

The Financial Times


Spotlight on Guitar Heroes (and Heroines)
April 12, 2019 edition

‘A Prayer for Mecca’: Ahmed Mater’s Portrait of a City in Transition
December 9, 2018 edition

Forbes


What Exactly Is the ‘Islamic’ World?
Persian

Frieze


Shift
Issue 190

GQ (British)


Twelve of Keith Richards’ Strongest Looks to Embrace This Year

The Beatles’ Most Fashionable Moments

Yes, You Should Start Dressing Like Freddie Mercury

Why You Need to Start Dressing Like Johnny Marr

How to Recreate the Rolling Stones’ Most Stylish Moments

World Cup 2018 Kits Ranked: From Worst to Best

How to Recreate Paul Weller’s Most Stylish Moments

Whole Lotta Style: Led Zeppelin’s Sartorial Legacy

The Guardian


Pink Floyd’s Burning Man: Aubrey Powell’s Best Photograph
August 13, 2020 edition

Glitter and Curls: Marc Bolan and the Birth of Glam Rock Style
Republished by the Gulf Times (June 30, 2020 edition)

What an Iranian Film About a Leper Colony Can Teach Us About Coronavirus
Persian

On the Shoulders of Giants in Southwest Iran

Harper’s Bazaar Art


Home, or Something Like It
September-October 2015 issue

Cold Turkey
March-April 2015 issue

i-D


The Unspoken Iranian Influence on Western Fashion

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

The Strange Case of the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus

The London Magazine


Layli and Majnun: ‘the Romeo and Juliet of the East’

The Warlock of Love: Revisiting Marc Bolan’s Forgotten Poetry Book Fifty Years On

Metal


Keanoush Da Rosa – Persian Heritage in Contemporary Fashion

Metro


Leonardo DiCaprio Can’t Play Rumi Because He Wasn’t White – Or Was He?

Monocle


By Royal Appointment: Postcard from Iran
Winter Weekly (Issue 3)

The New York Times


How the ‘Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World’ Got its Logo
April 14, 2020 edition
Republished by The Independent
Japanese · Portuguese · Spanish


The Least-Known Most Influential Man in Fashion
September 21, 2017 edition
Republished by The Independent


Nin


Prurience in Persia: the Lascivious World of Qajar Iran
April 2018 issue

Paper


Inside Thierry Mugler’s World: Where Women Dominate Men

PRI


Mr Trump, Lovers of Iran Would Like to Thank You for Helping Our Cause

The Rake


Keith Richards: Elegantly Wasted
Issue 55
Japanese

Royal College of Art


Sin City
IAAC Exhibition Reviews Annual 2014-15

Slate


Disney’s Aladdin Is a Fake

The Telegraph


From Elvis Presley to Patti Smith and the Stones, Rock Music Is Built on Racism: Why Don’t We Care?

The Times Literary Supplement


Kiss My Lips: Female Poets in the Persian Language
February 21, 2020 edition

Travel Plus


Travelogue: Tehran

Vanity Fair


A Walk Through Anna Sui’s Rock and Roll World

The Washington Post


London Museum Exhibition Focuses on Frida Kahlo as a Style Icon
July 8, 2018 edition

The White Review


No One Here Gets Out Alive: Kaveh Golestan’s Prostitutes Series