Following the massive demonstrations in Iran against the Islamic regime, the Persian-Dutch community organised two demonstrations in The Hague over the weekend. The majority of protesters supported Prince Reza Pahlavi as the leader of the current movement in their homeland. The community feels deeply frustrated, particularly after reports revealed that […]
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT is de nieuwe film van de Iraanse meester Jafar Panahi (TAXI TEHERAN). De film won eerder dit jaar de prestigieuze Gouden Palm op het Filmfestival van Cannes en werd, net als Panahi’s eerdere films, zonder toestemming van het Iraanse regime gemaakt. IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT is een thriller waarin wraak, humor en menselijkheid samen komen.
A stunning panorama of Isfahan, the capital of Persia in the 17th century, was created by Jan Janssonius and published in Amsterdam in 1657. This remarkable town view originally appeared in Janssonius’s rare eight-volume Theatrum Urbium, the most comprehensive Dutch town-book of its time. Jan Janssonius (1588–1664), one of the
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2021 marks the 100th year since the appearance of the first Persian (Iranian) composition written for the cello. This piece, entitled “Tchahargah”, was written in 1921 by Souren Arakelian, a professor at the Tehran Conservatory of Music. To commemorate this anniversary, the Persian Dutch Network has published an anthology which includes cello works