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music journalist since 1992 | educator since 2004 | podcaster since 2020 | Iranian American since birth
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Pictures of Lily Warns Against the Islamic Republic’s Branding (opens the original)
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Hello!Earlier today, I spoke to one of my cousins, who told me her sister went back to Iran and is now stuck. Then she told me that currently, going into Iran involves flying to a border town in Turkey, grabbing your luggage, walking across the border into Iran, then boarding a bus for a 20-hour ride, without a restroom break, to get to Tehran. She said that unless it is an extreme circumstance, no one is going to visit their relatives, and even dying parents aren’t seeing their children before
Pictures of Lily Wishes Iranian Lives Mattered to the World (opens the original)
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Hello!Today marks the fourth anniversary of the brutal murder of Jina Mahsa Amini at the hands of the Islamic Republic’s morality police. But all I’m seeing on my feed is Ed Sheeran and Macklemore. *SIGH* I so desperately wish the lives of Iranians, more than 1,000 of whom have been lost to executions in 2026, would matter as much as others. Over the weekend, I interviewed Iranian-German filmmaker Niloufar Taghizadeh about her wonderful documentary on Iran’s enduring icon, Googoosh, which is ava
Pictures of Lily Always Wanted to Stay in America Instead of Returning to Iran (opens the original)
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Hello!Summer of 1983, when my mother, sister and I were visiting Los Angeles and Vancouver, I begged her to leave me here in LA, either with my uncle or my aunt. I was having the time of my life. We were staying in Westwood, which was at its height of being the happening place in the city. My mother was fine with us going there on our own. We went to R-rated movies, ate ice cream, wore iron-on T-shirts with the Police or Michael Jackson emblazoned on them, paired with very brief shorts. We spent
Pictures of Lily 2001 David Holmes Interview (opens the original)
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Hello!Last week I interviewed Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners who have a new album, Love, produced by David Holmes who is one of the subjects of Episode 14 of the Pictures of Lily Podcast. The album is excellent. It’s the one we’
Pictures of Lily Urges You Not to Be an Izi Sympathizer (opens the original)
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Hello!You might remember my newsletter from a few months back titled “Pictures of Lily Asks You Not to Talk to Her About Iran.” Many readers of this newsletter have acknowledged that request and abided by it. More readers have not.But I recently interviewed a couple of musicians who, of course, aren’t aware of the newsletter or my background. One of them struck me as thoughtful and considered, someone who genuinely tries to understand multiple perspectives. So I broke my own rule and thought the
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