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As US-Iran relations continue to make headlines, Stranger’s Guide: Tehran brings readers to the streets of a city few outsiders have had the opportunity to explore. Through new works from Dina Nayeri, Jason Rezaian, and a number of up-and-coming authors, the issue explores the public and private lives of residents of the Iranian capital. Go to a night of avant-garde theater where political discourse comes cloaked in artistic metaphor; journey with two sisters as they traverse the city to attend a soccer match for the first time; discover the generation gap between old revolutionaries and young students pushing for a new future. It’s a deep and nuanced look at this complex city.

Travel to Nollywood

Stranger’s Guide

In his essay, "Nollywood," Daniel Okechukwu describes the women-led work behind Nigeria's greatest films

Stranger Sounds: Lagos

Stranger’s Guide

From highlife to afrobeats—and everything in between

Unsinkable City

Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka reflects on a lifetime in Lagos

Stranger Sounds: Scandinavia

Stranger’s Guide

A Spotify playlist celebrating Scandinavian jazz with a bit of folk and avant pop

Scandinavia House Panel Discussion

Stranger’s Guide

Scandinavia guide contributors discuss the changing face of the region

Rotten in the Welfare State

Sally Jensen

Denmark sounds the death knell for immigrant neighborhoods

Jumping In

Josefin Olevik

photography by Sara Mac Key

Sweden’s Ice Swimming Renaissance

Crayfish Culture

Brett Martin

A celebration of crustacean consumption

Stranger Sounds: Tehran

Stranger’s Guide

A Spotify playlist featuring songs from the Golden Age of Persian Popular Music

Keeping Up with the Fereshteh Crowd

Aeen Norouzi

It's nouveau riche versus old money in Tehran's toniest neighborhood

Windows

Farnaz Haeri

In Tehran, all windows have curtains—some firmly drawn

Down and Out in Tehran

Mohammad Tolouei

“Brother, what’s with you? You act like a beginner. All of Tehran knows by now what you’re looking for.”