The Khatoun Journal
KhatounA dispatch from the in-between: womanhood, empire, resistance. Writing against the erasure of history, of nuance, of the Iranian female voice.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 48 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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No, you don’t get Iran at all, and here’s why:
Close-up of an illustration from the Shahnameh
The puzzle of Iranian unpredictability
For decades, Western policymakers and analysts have struggled to model Iranian diplomatic behavior, sometimes with comical and often with tragic cons...
The Age of Cannibals
©Farideh Lashai, Triptych
In twenty years, our children will no longer hold the atrocities of WWII as the etalon for the human capacity for cruelty. The dark twenties will be taught in schools and universities. One day, our children will i...
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Olena Yurdyha, Abstraction. Forget-me-nots, oil on canvas
We sat on the balcony in Laakkwartier five and a half years ago, commenting on the corona panic. We were very young, very bright and still relatively unscathed. He jumped from topic...
Reading Baudrillard in the ruins
I do not recommend reading Baudrillard in wartime conditions, especially not when you’re awaiting news clarifying the fate of your family.
I’ve recently taken up reading The Transparency of Evil, the book I started reading during my 7-day...
The Persian Subject
He photographed courtiers, the grand vizier, the once-minister of war. He took pictures of sights no eyes were allowed to see and survive: Circassian beauties in the andaruni, unveiled, suggestively reclining, bedchambers of the royals and...
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Iranian. Translator/Interpreter. Language person. Hoarder of obscure linguistic facts. Lover of history, even when it's painful and treacherous. Anti-imperialist to the core.
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