A video from the event is going viral, prompting viewers to ask: Can one public performance shift the boundaries of what’s ...

Iranian authorities were apparently scared of a viral video. The clip shows a 70-year-old man dancing and singing in the street. Fearing it would spark dissent, authorities arrested the men in the ...

To the tune of Wet Leg’s hit “On the Chaise Longue,” the surprisingly angry coming-of-age film “The Persian Version” begins with its lesbian heroine narrating the action, attending a drag party ...

1. Introduction -- 2. The invention of an ideal female national dancer in twentieth-century Iran -- 3. Mutribs and their dancers: the counter-ideal performers of new Iran -- 4. The cabaret dancer in ...

The 'Iran Military' Facebook page with more than two million followers posted criticism of Malaysia's reception to Donald ...

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