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When I heard there was an Iranian-Californian vampire movie where a lady vampire skateboards through a deserted town under the streetlights and the palm trees, her chador blowing out behind her ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

In Iran, the hijab — and the all-encompassing black chador worn by some — has long been a political symbol as well, ...

so I stopped wearing the chador – a loose-fitting piece of cloth that envelops the body like a cape. This caused my father to spit in my face and disown me for months. In Iran, if you don’t ...