By Laudan Nooshin Introduction: The Jolly Boys in Tehran In August 1939, a Polish-Jewish dance band by the name of ‘The Jolly Boys’...

Ten minutes into Tehran, I have my first encounter with Hafez. I bring it upon myself by asking the taxi driver about poetry. It’s all...

THE GENDERED SOUNDSCAPE A particularly intriguing aspect of the traditional architecture of Tehran (and other Iranian cities) are the...

Iran’s first oil well, Masjed Soleyman (source https://sites.evergreen.edu/ccc/energy-foreign/the-nationalization-of-iranian-oil/) Oil...

Panoramic view of Tehran. Old steel engraved antique print Published in L’Univers La Perse, 1841, M. Louis Dubeux...

#sonictehran Standing on a flat rooftop in north Tehran on a summer’s evening I am immersed in sound: the strains of the call to prayer...