Brady juxtaposes post-revolution, modern Persian art with the inherent homoeroticism present in some classical Persian art. He explains that there is “this love for other men in their culture that is really denied today. Look,” he continues, “you have this in your culture, you should embrace it.”
but instead the piece tells the story of the judicial murder of two gay youths.
So many conflicting emotions for me about Iran at the moment - there's western demonisation and there's also the fundamentalist Islam side.
There's a few other good recent postings at that blog including - compare and contrast(!) - this article on the Orthodox Liturgy
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