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Death of a Director:  Bahram Beyzai, Pioneer of Iran’s New Age Cinema
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Death of a Director: Bahram Beyzai, Pioneer of Iran’s New Age Cinema

Fariba Amini

After much struggle with censorship and pressure, he finally left Iran in 2010

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“Through the Seventh Gate:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:31

“Through the Seventh Gate:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:31

12/30/2025 By Juan Cole

Confirmed: Epstein-Dershowitz Campaign against Mearsheimer-Walt’s ‘The Israel Lobby’

Confirmed: Epstein-Dershowitz Campaign against Mearsheimer-Walt’s ‘The Israel Lobby’

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NSA Whistleblower: Everyone in US under digital surveillance, Trillions of Messages Stored

NSA Whistleblower: Everyone in US under digital surveillance, Trillions of Messages Stored

National Security Agency whistle-blower William Binney explains how the NSA puts all the electronic communications of all Americans under constant surveillance and then stores zetabytes […]

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Omar Khayyam (484) “Summer’s new warmth has melted memories of last December”

Omar Khayyam (484) “Summer’s new warmth has melted memories of last December”

You’re fast on your feet, server, and dawn is breaking. Let’s have another song, and bring more wine! For summer’s new warmth has melted memories […]

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US Mass Media ignore Bahrain until Kim Kardashian gives them Two Reasons not To

US Mass Media ignore Bahrain until Kim Kardashian gives them Two Reasons not To

The real scandal of the Kim Kardashian visit to Bahrain is that it is what it took for Western media to mention the word “Bahrain” […]

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Egyptians to Decide on Fundamentalist-influenced Constitution via Referendum

Egyptians to Decide on Fundamentalist-influenced Constitution via Referendum

The draft constitution was handed over in a ceremony on Saturday to President Muhammad Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, and he in turn immediately scheduled […]

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Top Ten Upheavals in the Arab World Today

Top Ten Upheavals in the Arab World Today

1. In response to the sting of defeat at the UN, Israel announced it is building a further 3,000 Israel squatter housing units on Palestinian […]

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"The world is melting even Faster than we Thought" (Young Turks Video)

“The world is melting even Faster than we Thought” (Young Turks Video)

The Young Turks cover a new report on carbon emissions and climate change.:

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Palestinians Boisterously Celebrate the UNGA Vote, Raising the Sign of “194” (OSC)

Palestinians Boisterously Celebrate the UNGA Vote, Raising the Sign of “194” (OSC)

The USG Open Source Center carries summaries of Arabic news reports from Palestinian wire services on the reaction of the Palestinians on Friday to Thursday’s […]

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Whistleblower Bradley Manning:  “I thought I was going to die in a cage.” (Democracy Now!)

Whistleblower Bradley Manning: “I thought I was going to die in a cage.” (Democracy Now!)

Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! reports on the testimony of government whistleblower Bradley Manning in which he said he thought he was going to die “in […]

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Palestinian Legal strategy against Israel: The Real Prize is Europe

Palestinian Legal strategy against Israel: The Real Prize is Europe

The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to accord Palestine the status of “Observer State” on Thursday, with 138 countries voting in favor of the […]

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