Tag: Salar Abdoh
Salar Abdoh: A Hanging at the House of Artists
February 2013The public execution of two petty thieves sends a message to Tehran’s artists and intellectuals. A dispatch from the gallows.
Majed Neisi: Kumandan Qurban and the Bus to Badakhshan
March 2012An untold tale from the days of the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan.
Necessary Roughness
November 2010During 2009’s post-election protests in Tehran, one man is struck into a commitment to the cause.
Irrational Waiting
November 2007What does it take to drive the population of a county crazy? Apparently, just 3 liters of gas a day. Salar Abdoh navigates his way through the meaning behind Iran’s fuel rationing.
Moving Violations
June 2007Abdoh contemplates the codes of modesty in Iran, and finds himself caught between a New York yoga class and the Caspian Sea.
