On a visit to the UK, the founder of the largest website for Iranians in the world, Iranian.com visits the studio. Jahanshah Javid devotes his life to the website, known for its user generated content, and the catch-phrase ‘nothing is sacred’. Here the interview moves into other topics with interviewer Fari Bradley playing devil’s advocate [...]
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Six Pillars – The .Com Father
Published by March 4th, 2011 in highlights, Promos, Shows and Six Pillars to Persia. 0 Comments
Six Pillars – Persian Maps
Published by February 7th, 2011 in highlights, Promos, Shows and Six Pillars to Persia. 1 Comment“History and geography are the basis of all the humanities.“ After falling in love with a map of Persia in Harrods, Dr Ala’i spent years researching the cartography of Iran and Persia before publishing two large volumes by Brill, on different maps of Persia from the 1400s to 1925. Dr Ala’i was invited by Iran [...]
“Ideas worth spreading”. Prior to taking part in TED, David Toop discusses matters around opera, silence and his dog with Fari Bradley. Saturday 6 November 2010 Autumn – Winter TEDx Aldeburgh: Ideas worth spreading – A Conference TEDx allows organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences, hence TEDx Aldeburgh. Hosted by [...]
Six Pillars – Persian Cartography
Published by January 27th, 2011 in highlights, Promos, Shows and Six Pillars to Persia. 1 CommentPrior to a talk arranged by Iran Heritage, the estimable Dr Alai discusses how phonetics, fashion, social hierarchies and myth enter the world Persian cartography. With perhaps the largest personal collection of Persian maps Dr Alai has published two immense volumes on the topic both of which have been included in Brills Handbook list for [...]
Six Pillars – Sufi’s Night
Published by January 15th, 2011 in highlights, Promos, Shows and Six Pillars to Persia. 1 CommentJanuary 22nd 2011 Festival of Arts presents a night of improvised music and experimental Iranian dance: Sufi’s Night Fusing the influences of disciplined dances such as tango and flamenco, Iranian dance takes on an almost Indian Kathak like energy, and the dramatic motions of the two performers Shahrokh Meshkin Ghalam and Karine Gonzales convey all [...]
Six Pillars – The First UK Iranian Film Festival
Published by January 3rd, 2011 in highlights, Promos, Shows and Six Pillars to Persia. 0 CommentsNovember saw the launch of the London’s first Iranian Film Festival: UKIFF. In late October we met with one of the volunteers, Costas Sarkas, at one of UKIFF’s networking events, to find out what it was all about.
Six Pillars – Britain Retold
Published by January 1st, 2011 in highlights, Promos and Six Pillars to Persia. 0 CommentsPhotographer Sara Shamsawari exhibits a selection from her series in City Hall entrance until January 4th. The exhibition is a series of engaging portraits around the symbolism of the union jack with all its connotations. The photos are accompanied by statements and both promote a questioning of our ideas of what it means to be [...]
Six Pillars – Drinking Arak Off An Ayatollah’s Beard
Published by December 17th, 2010 in highlights, Promos and Six Pillars to Persia. 0 CommentsVenturing around Iran and Afghanistan with a copy of the Shahnameh tucked under his arm, Nicholas Jubber relates what this pivotal introduction taught him about modern people who still love this medieval text. Jubber explains how The Shahnameh, or Persian Book of Kings, is still very much alive today for many people, even 1000 years [...]
Six Pillars – The Shahnameh Exhibition, Cambridge
Published by November 23rd, 2010 in highlights, Shows and Six Pillars to Persia. 0 CommentsThe Shahnameh or Persian Book of Kings, is an enormous poetic opus written by Ferdowsi a Persian poet, around 1000 AD. Despite it’s age the book is still the national epic of the cultural sphere of Greater Persia. Consisting of around 60,000 verses, the Shahnameh tells a mythical and historical tale of Greater Iran, from [...]
Six Pillars – Iran Children’s Charity
Published by November 12th, 2010 in highlights and Six Pillars to Persia. 0 CommentsTo mark Children in Need Week Dr Helen Nejad from the NGO Iran Children’s Charity visits the studio to discuss their drive to raise money for kids in Iran. Focusing mainly on orphans, those without national status or on the streets, the charity aims to supply two university hospitals in Iran that treat children specifically. [...]