To the tune of Wet Leg’s hit “On the Chaise Longue,” the surprisingly angry coming-of-age film “The Persian Version” begins with its lesbian heroine narrating the action, attending a drag party ...

Several New York City parties offer spaces where anyone and everyone can let loose, come together and find comfort in Middle Eastern and North African music. By Sara Aridi Just before midnight on a ...

Hanging from a rope, a harness or a hoop, Iranian women are flocking to gyms to perform aerial dance and sharing videos of their routines on social media. Others are quietly practising another form of ...

The beginning of Prithvi Festival 2025 brought not just the Kapoor family but many thespians from Bollywood. The opening night of the festival, held at the iconic Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai on Sunday, ...