{"id":2311838,"date":"2026-03-04T09:51:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2311838"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:51:49","slug":"a-glimpse-of-iran-through-books-movies-and-music-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/a-glimpse-of-iran-through-books-movies-and-music-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"A glimpse of Iran, through books, movies and music : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Understanding one of the world’s oldest civilizations can’t be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of literature, journalism, music and film by Iranians are a powerful starting point. Clockwise from top left: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, For The Sun After Long Nights, Cutting Through Rocks, It Was Just an Accident, Martyr!,<\/em> and Kayhan Kalhor.
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NEON; Pantheon; Gandom Films Production; NEON; Vintage; Julia Gunther for NPR<\/p>\n

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NEON; Pantheon; Gandom Films Production; NEON; Vintage; Julia Gunther for NPR<\/p>\n

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Few Americans have had the opportunity to visit or explore Iran, an ethnically diverse nation of over 90 million people which has been effectively shut off from the United States since the Iranian revolution of 1979. Now, with a U.S. and Israeli-led war on Iran underway, the ideas, feelings and opinions of Iranians may feel less accessible. However, some recent books, films and music made by artists and journalists in Iran and from the Iranian diaspora can help illuminate this ancient culture and its contemporary politics.<\/p>\n

These suggestions are just a starting point, of course \u2014 with an emphasis on recent works made by Iranians themselves, rather than by outsiders looking in.<\/p>\n