Occasional musings on Shi‘ism, Sufism, Persian literature, Indo-Persian culture, and other topics related to the study of Iran, India, and the Islamic world. Slow takes in a fast world.
Stop and Smell the Poetry: Revisiting “The Wind Will Carry Us”
Revisiting a film by Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami on its twentieth anniversary. “The Wind Will Carry Us” weaves together several unlikely characters and explores their identities through a poetic lens.