As the Egyptian people rise up in Tahrir Square, a rural community in the Nile valley follows the revolution on TV, radio and in the newspapers. Intimately shot over the three-year period from the overthrow of Mubarak to the fall of Morsi, we are shown an alternate view of the revolution through the eyes of Farraj, his family, and friends as they make sense of and debate national politics.
The story of a dream come true - the dream of creating a vast rose garden in the dry and hot climate of Kerman, to replace poppies with roses, and opium with rosewater. Thereby, Homayoun Sanatizadeh and his wife, Shahindokht, provided employment for 1500 families in a deprived area. Mojtaba Mirta...
A brief look at Hayedeh Shirzadi and her husband’s shared life, love and work and their attempt to put an end to the dumping and burial of urban garbage. Due to their hard work and ingenuity, 100% of the city of Kermanshah’s garbage is now recycled and the bio waste is made into organic fertilizers.
Shirin Parsi is a rice farmer, but not an ordinary one. After receiving a BA in French literature from the University of Paris, she returned to Iran and decided not to live in the megalopolis capital, Tehran. Her husband had inherited land in Shanderman, a village near the Caspian Sea, so they mo...
