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...
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....
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...
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...
****************************************** 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...
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,...
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.
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...
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.
Stories of the Extraordinary women of Iran told through music and narration A new evening of classical music and storytelling celebrating extraordinary women from Iranian history, mythology, and literature — from the Shahnameh to...
