Please find a way that suits you and please just do it. IRANSOS is a continually updated Link page for news, action and signposts on Iran for English speakers. You can also follow @FariBrad and see news from citizen journalism mostly. in the stories sections of Instagram. SOCIAL MEDIA – Make any social media posts … Continue reading
As a female artist from Saudi Arabia, Manal AlDowayan’s has a particular resonance; themes of active forgetting, archives, and collective memory, with a large focus on the state of Saudi women and their representation. From photography to film to sculpture Aldowayan is always exploring new forms and has shown a significant body of work internationally, … Continue reading
“When you isolate women, you isolate the soul of the whole society.” Hissa Hilal, The Poetess, Screening at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London this month (see below). This week we celebrate International Women’s Day with a look at two forthcoming releases by women directors from Iran. Pictured left is Ava, screening at … Continue reading
Wed 28th June – Not Just My Hijab Four very different women recount their complex relationships with their own hijabs, not the static, monolithic contentious ‘thing’ it is usually perceived as, but rather something intensely personal. Guest produced by Kerning Cultures,, edited from the original for ResonanceFM by Fari Bradley. Broadcast Times Six Pillars broadcasts … Continue reading
“Finally we didn’t have a place to go, so we just danced outside. […] We grew up in the Romani neighbourhood, in the Romani culture.” Sulukule Mon Amour from !f istanbul Sulukule (literally: “Water tower”) is a historic settlement in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is an area within the area of Istanbul’s … Continue reading
Broadcasts Wed Oct 28th 9-9:30pm, repeats Friday 3.30pm. Pakistani artist Naiza Khan gives a public talk about her practice and latest body of work during her solo exhibition “Undoing / Ongoing”, at Rossi and Rossi gallery, London during Frieze Week. Featuring oil paintings, watercolours, prints and brass sculpture, the show is aimed as a continuation … Continue reading
The International Academy of Arts Palestine, in Ramallah recently ran an Open Studio workshop which resulted in these brilliant embroidered masks below. One of these masks became the poster image for the Eye on Palestine festival. Their mode of operation is to bring designers and artists together with local craftsmen and create dialogue around the … Continue reading
With the 2015 elections in Turkey, the share of women within parliament has achieved the highest level in recorded history (at 18 per cent). More importantly, Turkey now has feminist MPs in parliament. PIcture here is Filiz Kerestecioglu’s photo, taken during her oath ceremony. She had a purple dress and is sporting the feminist badge. Previously a Twitter … Continue reading
Ahead of our broadcasts direct from JAOU Festival, Bardo Museum, Tunis, 28-31 May 2015, we speak to JAOU founder, Lina Lazaar. Ahead of their series of broadcasts from the JAOU Tunis conference this May, Fari Bradley and Chris Weaver interview Lina Lazaar, Associate Editor of Ibraaz, Sotheby’s specialist in Post War and Contemporary Art and … Continue reading
540 dolls from 53 counties such as the UK, Germany, the US, Canada, Norway, Europe and Bulgaria are on display this November at Iran’s Nations’ Dolls Museum. Included in the exhibition are a series of Latin American dolls (pictured here) to introduce the country’s beliefs and traditions in which dolls feature heavily, especially during ‘The … Continue reading
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