Bukhara, Uzbekistan was once a living, breathing city. Now it is rapidly becoming something else. State-led gentrification is reshaping its ancient quarters. Family-run bathhouses, teahouses, and workshops are giving way to boutique hotels and luxury spas. The city still looks like Bukhara. But it no longer feels like home for many who've built their lives there.View Post| Ajam Media Collective
How to Structure a TV Season and Series Story for the Commercial Market In this blog, I’ll guide you through the process of how to structure a tv series, structuring a TV season and crafting a compelling series story that appeals to the commercial market. Before diving into the Pilot episode, it’s essential to [...] The post How to Structure a TV Series appeared first on Script Advice.| Script Advice
Amid the wave of expulsions from Iran, Afghans have mobilized mutual aid to support deportees. These networks fill a crucial need and highlight the foundational role that grassroots solidarity plays in Afghanistan’s society. View Post The post Solidarity at the Border: Afghan Mutual Aid Networks Mobilize Amid Mass Deportation appeared first on Ajam Media Collective.| Ajam Media Collective
Each Iranian flag signifies a specific history and ideology, representing the political divides of the 90 million Iranians in Iran and 5 million Iranians in diaspora. At recent protests, many members of the Iranian diaspora were unsure what flag they should use. So what do each of Iran’s flags represent? And why do they provoke such strong emotions? View Post| Ajam Media Collective
My goal is simple: Be a man of my word. Do what I say I'm going to do, when I say I'm going to do it. That means showing up on schedule, communicating clearly, and getting things done on time. The post Own It Mentality appeared first on David Perell.| David Perell
This year was an emotional odyssey. At times, it was tormenting, at others intoxicating. Here, I share my joys and struggles, my dreams and regrets. 2022 completely changed my life. The post Annual Review 2022 appeared first on David Perell.| David Perell
Karachi’s Zoroastrian community draws its visual vocabulary and cultural ancestry from Gujarat, India, and not from Iran, because the community traces its origins through the Parsi migrations of the Qissa-e-Sanjan. But new archaeological evidence suggests Zoroastrian presence in Sindh from far earlier, dating to an imperial Sasanian presence. What would a re-imagining of Zoroastrian community history in relation to these findings look like?View Post| Ajam Media Collective
The billowing clouds of pastel blooms that extend across the photographic archive of modern Afghanistan speak to more than just a redeeming cultural quirk in the face of tragic national history. They are the result of globalization and the colonial encounter and yet, as is often the case with quotidian elements of material culture, they rapidly became fundamentally of the place. View Post| Ajam Media Collective
A decade before the 1979 revolution, Indo-Pakistani author Qurratulain Hyder visited Iran to accompany the Pahlavi royal family as she prepared a biography of former Empress Farah Pahlavi. The text she prepared was lost forever; but an article she wrote years later in the throes of the uprising casts a harsh light on her journey through the royal family's curated image of modernity and progress.View Post| Ajam Media Collective
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