When I met Rostam earlier this year to talk about one of the best albums of the year, his solo debut Half-Light, we spoke extensively about his parents, who fled their native Iran as refugees to ...

‘Tis the season for wholesome videos, and who doesn’t love one that features a really cool mom? If ever Rostam needed to be humbled about his lengthy list of accomplishments, all he’d have to do is go ...

Rostam Batmanglij is perhaps best known for his music—whether it be with Vampire Weekend, Hamilton Leithauser or as a solo artist— and as a producer who’s worked with HAIM, Solange and Frank Ocean, ...

The project aims at documenting all the written works from the Achaemenid-era (550-330 BC) to the contemporary era, which are unique in terms of linguistics, Hamid Fadai, director of the world ...