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BBC Interview on the detainment of the Iranian director Jafar Panahi.
Paul Henley interviews Shiva Rahbaran about the imprisonment of Jafar Panahi and other filmmakers...
My personal history of sormeh on BBC World Service
In Nassim Hatam’s BBC documentary, MY PERSONAL HISTORY OF SORMEH, Shiva Rahbaran talks about eye makeup, women’s resistance and identity in post revolutionary Iran.
Panel Discussion on Radio Mani
Against the background of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Mani Tehrani discusses with Shiva Rahbaran and Mirza Agha Asgari the effects of artistic and literary censorship on the cultural development of Iran.
Patricia Duffaud review of Iranian Cinema Uncensored in Wasafiri Magazine, Issue 94, Summer 2018
In this review Patricia Duffaud shows how Shiva Rahbaran investigates the evolution of New Iranian Cinema in the context of the 1979 Revolution through extensive interviews with Internationally celebrated filmmakers living and working in Iran.
Panel Discussion on BBC World Service
On Paul Henley's Weekend program on BBC World Service, Shiva Rahbaran discusses with Jacquelin...
BBC: Iranian protest movement against compulsory hijab
In a BBC article by Nassim Hatam, Shiva Rahbaran comments on the recent protest movement by...
In Partnership with God – On Nicholas Mosley
The novelist Nicholas Mosley saw humanity’s salvation at the confluence of love, faith, and...
Saving Humanity, or How to Enter a Partnership with God
In this postscript to Nicholas Mosley’s posthumously published last novel, Rainbow People, Shiva...
Review of Iranian Cinema Uncensored in First Things
Sohrab Ahmari reviews Shiva Rahbaran's Iranian Cinema Uncensored as a "fascinating collection of...
Massoumeh – The Story of an Iranian Family in Times of Revolution
In this short story Shiva Rahbaran explores the pain, anger and helplessness faced by a family...
Kayhan London Interview on Farhadi’s Oscar Nomination
Mani Tehrani interviews Shiva Rahbaran about Asghar Farhadi’s success at the Cannes Festival and the Oscars.
Review of Iranian Cinema Uncensored in Asian Affairs
Antony Wynn reviews Shiva Rahbaran’s new book on contemporary Iranian cinema.
BBC Interview on Farhadi’s Oscar Nomination 2017
Shiva Rahbaran comments on Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar nomination and his standing as a filmmaker both in Iran and globally.
Interview in Wasafiri
A short interview with Shiva Rahbaran about her writing and future plans.
Lecture at SOAS on New Iranian Cinema
Lecture by Shiva Rahbaran on her book Iranian Cinema Uncensored: Contemporary Film-Makers Since the Islamic Revolution (I.B.Tauris, 2016).
Interview with Shiva Rahbaran on Life Writing in Wasafiri
Bobby Nayyar interviews Shiva Rahbaran as the Winner of the Wasafiri New Writing Prize on her experience as a writer.
“New Iranian Cinema is Dead. Long Live New Iranian Cinema” – Invited talk at conference
Shiva Rahbaran gives a talk on the past, present and future of New Iranian Cinema at the...
Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2016 Winners
The three winners of the NWP 2016: Niamh MacCabe (Fiction), Danielle Boodoo-Fortune (Poetry) and Shiva Rahbaran (Life Writing).
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BBC Interview: On the Iranian Nuclear Deal
Shiva Rahbaran comments on the Iranian Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) and its consequences for the government and the people of Iran.
Radio: Shiva Rahbaran on “Literatur nach der Revolution” (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg)
Shiva Rahbaran discusses the role of the author in Iran after the Islamic Revolution.
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