World’s Oldest Animation

by Javod Khalaj - Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:18:16 -0700

In the 1970s, a team of Italian archaeologists discovered a goblet in Iran’s “Burnt City.” Only recently, however, was it discovered that the goblet’s visuals create an animation.

According to an article from “The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies”:
The artefact [sic] bears five images depicting a wild goat jumping up to eat the leaves of a […]

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Rojan on Tour

by Sepideh Saremi - Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:39:02 -0700

Kurdish singer Rojan is performing across the United States in September and October with the Shams Ensemble, starting in California in just a few days. If you like sonati music, check them out. Here’s a YouTube video of one of their performances:
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War Rugs

by Sepideh Saremi - Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:29:06 -0700

A few months ago, I wrote about finding a book of Persian fairy tales at a sidewalk vendor in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Shortly after that discovery, I ran into something even more unexpected on that same street: a vendor selling war rugs. They look like any other rugs, except if you look carefully, you’ll see tanks, […]

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