MEMO in conversation with Javaad Alipoor Our conversation with British-Iranian writer, theatremaker and director Javaad Alipoor discussing his most recent play 'Rich Kids', the Iranian politics that underline it and the role of art in politics. March 3, 2021 at 11:00 am Middle East Monitor caught up with British-Iranian writer and director Javaad Alipoor this week for a conversation about his work. He has been online-touring with his latest production Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran (2019), which won the Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival. Alipoor describes himself as a "political artist" who wants to take complex political and historical ideas and turn them into drama. In particular, his plays explore how fractured identities, resentment and technologies are transforming the world. His 2017 play,