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Kaveh Akbari is a journalist and communications strategist with expertise in cross-cultural narratives, international politics, and justice. He works as a news producer at ABC News Radio, bringing ...

A significant fire erupted at the Kaveh Petrochemical Complex in Iran's Bushehr province, resulting in three fatalities and ten injuries. The blaze, which ignited at a methanol storage tank, prompted ...

Poet and novelist Kaveh Akbar explains how he balances a life full of obsessions. Apple Podcasts will only work on MacOS operating systems since Catalina. We do not support Android apps on desktop at ...

Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel Martyr! is a book many will turn to, to find themselves — for if you are lost, this book might save you. The reader will ultimately find herself through the journey of Cyrus ...

In person, Kaveh Akbar radiates a vast, enveloping kindness. He engages with intense attention and such gorgeously geeky excitement that after speaking with him for just a few minutes, one’s eyes ...

He had replaced Pejman Dorostkar in December 2023. Under his guidance, Iran snatched three silver medals and one bronze in the 2024 Olympic Games. Rahman Amouzad in 65kg, Hassan Yazdani in 86kg and ...

Forget about architects in hard hats, safety jackets, and blueprint bags. Kaveh, a Sumerian character from Genshin Impact, just changed the fashion game for all building designers out there. This ...

Since its release, Iranian American poet Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel Martyr has been creating waves, and for all the right reasons. The story of Cyrus Shams—the logophile (lover of words), and orphan ...

Listen, Martyr! is a solid first novel by the poetically prodigious and widely celebrated poet Kaveh Akbar. His poetry has been published by all the places writers dream of being published, most ...

At 28, former alcoholic Cyrus Shams’ new life of sobriety is still a cocktail of insomnia and suicidal thoughts. The orphaned Iranian-American poet stares into the abyss, but he does not want to ...