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Talisman for Warding off Co-wife
The 4th Grade Spelling Notebook
Iranian Lottery Tickets (1961-1976)
On the Importance of Prayers
Zahak in World War II
Iranian Eyebrows
Discolored Photographs of a Trip (1960)
Typography in Ettelaat – 1970
Googoosh Record Covers
Dastforoosh (Street Vendor)

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Pre-revolution Soundtrack Album Covers

This is a collection of album cover art for the soundtracks of pre-revolutionary movies made in Iran in the late 1960s and 1970s. The collection includes designs for the soundtracks of art-house movies as well as commercial blockbusters.

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Quran over an Entrance to a Zoorkhaneh

Protective Sacred Words

Placing Islamic inscriptions (mostly words from Quran) over the entrances to the houses, business places, or public buildings used to be common in the past. It seems placing these words on the entrances has its roots in an older tradition that sees a supernatural power in words.

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Tehran Opera Company (1974-75)
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Iranian Sandals
Iranian Lottery Tickets (1961-1976)
Lion and Sun
The Little Black Fish
Ettelaat Daily’s Old Building
Congratulations
Iranian Costumes
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