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Joobin Bekhrad
Joobin Bekhrad is the author of numerous books dealing with Iranian culture. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Economist, Forbes, and The Guardian, as well as on the BBC’s website. In 2015, the Royal College of Art awarded him an International Award for Art Criticism.

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

Art Review

February 2018

Joobin Bekhrad

Art Review

February 2018

‘The ruins of Rey are near Tehran!’ exclaimed the wayfarers in Sadegh Hedayat’s dark, opium-incensed novel of 1936, The Blind Owl. The fabled city...

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Issue No. 4

Tibetan Kitsch

Evan Harris

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Issue No. 4

I first glimpsed the Potala Palace behind the bending legs of a prostitute. She swayed, obscuring a vista of...

Prize Entry

April 2017

Terre Haute

Lauren Van Schaik

Prize Entry

April 2017

We’ve been quarantined in the school gym for three weeks when we realise just how much we’ve forgotten. Not...

Interview

July 2012

Interview with David Harvey

Matt Mahon

Interview

July 2012

David Harvey is rare among Left academics: his work is as much appreciated by anarchists and the Occupy movement...

 

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