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Distance, connection and the female Iranian diaspora, explored through spoken word
Where hope, shared histories, and community are punctured by detachment and yearning, the diaspora experience is shaped by its contradictions. In short film To Exist, Iranian-British filmmaker Nahal Ashrafi looks to proc
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