It was supposed to be a beginning for everything; but it turned into a beginning for many endings, for departures and leaving things behind, for leaving the country and entrusting the homeland to dreams. As they say, it was supposed to rain and wash away the souls, but instead a flood came and took away […]...

Sadegheh Vasmaghi is one of the prominent figures in religious thought in Iran, who has also entered the field of activities related to participation in Islamic councils in cities and villages. This religious scholar, who holds a PhD in jurisprudence and principles of Islamic law, ran for the first term of Tehran City Council and […]...

This is a caption This is a caption Daniel Mohammadzadeh The fifth round of elections for Islamic city and village councils will be held simultaneously with the twelfth round of presidential elections in Iran on 19 May 2017. Although decades of political and religious negotiations have not yet resulted in women’s participation in presidential elections, […]...

Mohammad Hossein Buchani is a senior expert in urban planning from Shahid Beheshti University, who also served as an advisor in the third term of Tehran City Council. After holding roundtable discussions and conducting interviews with experts, theorists, and executive managers, he compiled a book titled “Local Democracy” which includes 15 conversations and 12 roundtable […]...

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Niloufar Beydai, a playwright and theater director, was born in Tehran on January 15, 1967. In 1985, she was forced to leave the country and moved to Germany. She studied German literature, theater, cinema, and television, and education in this country. After completing her studies in 1994, she founded the theater group “Darycheh” in Frankfurt […]...

This is a caption This is a caption Sina Kiani State television, cinema, and theater have always been available spaces for women to engage in, participate, and consume cultural productions. However, there has always been inequality in terms of time and location distribution compared to men. The position and power of women in each of […]...

This is a picture of a flower. Zahra Bagheri is happy. The importance of an intersectional approach in examining the position of women. One of the main criticisms of classical feminist theories is that many of these theories have been one-dimensional and based on polarizing gender roles, implying that all women are inherently oppressed and […]...

Since the 1970s, the theory of film has gained a special place in film studies. One of the most important and challenging areas in this regard is the connection between film studies and feminist theories, which should be directly addressed in the emergence of prominent theorists who often borrow some concepts from previous or contemporary […]...