Musician, archaeologist & curator of cultural events celebrating MENA heritage with a focus on Iran. Roya Arab researches the impact of socio-political and economic factors on ownership, interpretation, preservation & dissemination of cultural heritage. Current interests include the ancient connections between Iran and Zanzibar and how portrayals of music and musicians in Iranian films reflect, deflect and inflect reality.

• • Arab, R. 2010. "Open letter on Iranian heritage". Public Archaeology, Vol 9, No 2: 108–120.
  • Arab, R. & N. Earl. 2011. "Persians, Classics and Secondary Education", The Journal of Classics Teaching, no. 24, Autumn 2011: 11–14.
  • Arab, R. 2013, "Terror and I", 23 July 2013 in www.mediadiversified.org.
  • Arab, R. 2014. "Campbell, John Nicholl Robert ii. The Archives", Encyclopædia Iranica.
• Arab, R. 2017. “How Men Became the Sole Adult Dancing Singers in Iranian Films” in Music on Screen: From Cinema Screens to Touchscreens. Musicology Research (online) Autumn 2017, Vol. 3.
• Arab, R. 2019. “Parviz Sayyad: Socio-political commentator dressed as village fool” in The Middle East in London. Volume 15 – Number 2 February–March 2019
• Arab, R. & Saeed Zeyabadinejad, editors, The Middle East in London. Volume 15 – Number 2 February–March 2019

Iran's ancient and modern culture.