Review of the novel “Zir Taj-e-Tisfon” by Masoud Kadkhodaei and Q&A with the author (in Persian)
This online event is held in Persian on 26th July 2026 at 5pm. Please refer to the Farsi Page for more information.
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Screening of “Golchehreh” and talk with Dr Bahman Maghsoudlou
This is the third movie in the “Persianate Cinema Series” organised by Jaleh Esfahani Cultural Foundation and SOAS University of London. The film is directed by Vahid Mousaian an award winning film maker from...
Story Writing Competition
Call for Submissions: The First Jaleh Esfahani Foundation Short Story Writing CompetitionFor Persian Speakers Living Away from Their Homeland This call for submissions is an opportunity to tell untold stories, reflect lived experiences, and...
Oral history of contemporary Iranian Novel and its challenges, A talk by Arash Dabestani
The Jaleh Esfahani Cutltural Foundation’s event is dedicated to a talk by Mr Arash Dabestani, Author and literary reseracher on Oral history of contemporary Iranian Novel and its challenges, A talk by Arash Dabestani....
Screening “My Favourite Cake” – The Persianate Cinema Series Presents
For the second movie in the Persianate Cinema Series we will be screening My Favourite Cake , a tender, quietly subversive Iranian tragicomedy that follows Mahin, a 70-year-old widow in Tehran. Craving companionship, she...
Jaleh Esfahani’s Sixteenth Poetry Prize: Sunday 31 May 2026 at SOAS
The 19th anuual event and the finale of the 16th Persian Poetry Prize Festival organised by the Jaleh Esfahani Cultural Foundation (JECF) will be on Sunday 31st May 2026. The winners of the prize...
A Group Photography Exhibition, June 12-13, Opposite White Cube- Unit 10, 151 SE1 3HA
****************************************** OUR PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS Divination and Vision An exhibition of calligrams by Iranian artist Solmaz Naraghi Divination and Vision is a three-day solo exhibition of calligrams by interdisciplinary artist Solmaz Naraghi, combined with a...
The launch of “Persianate Cinema Series” with “Gholam” a film by Mitra Tabrizian
Free event with prior reservation. The screening of “Gholam” by Mitra Tabrizian, marks the launch of The Persianate Cinema Series, a new initiative by the Jaleh Esfahani Cultural Foundation (JECF) in collaboration with SOAS,...
Story reading workshop, 16 May2026
This workshop will be held in Persian by Jaleh Esfahani Cultural Foundation with support from the National Lottery, Community Fund. For further information and registration please go to the Farsi page.
Nowruz 1405: In Solidarity, Memory, and Hope
The Centre for Iranian Studies at SOAS, University of London invites you to Persianate New Year, Nowruz, event. Nowruz (New Day), marks the arrival of spring — a time of renewal, reflection, and hope...
