Sydney Martin is a researcher with the Iran 1400 Project. He received his BA in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining the Iran 1400 Project, he studied in Tajikistan with a Fulbright-Hayes scholarship, interned with the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, and interned with the Critical Threats Project.
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Cinema Before the Islamic Revolution In 1900, only five years after the first-ever screening of a cinematographic film, Mozaffar al-Din Shah Qajar viewed scenes filmed with a cinématographe, the french motion picture camera, during his first trip to Europe.
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This blog was inspired by Spotlighting an Author event with Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh, where he discussed his book “Creating Local Democracy in Iran: State Building and the Politics of Decentralization”.
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Introduction In 651 C.E., the Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE) toppled, losing control of Iran to the Arabs. This event, commonly referred to as the Arab conquest, introduced a new culture, language, and religion to Persia.
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