During Iran’s Qajar period (l785-1925), when wedding memories were ephemeral—specialized photographers or videographers were not available quite yet—artifacts like the marriage contract became the material substance through which sacred unions were validated and remembered. These inherently prac..
Beeta Baghoolizadeh
Beeta Baghoolizadeh is a PhD student in the department of history at the University of Pennsylvania. Broadly, her research pertains to the formation of cultural and religious identities in Qajar Iran, especially focusing on issues of race and slavery. She is also the co-editor in chief of the Ajam Media Collective at www.ajammc.com.