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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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Obama’s Pledge to Withdraw from Iraq and the Iraqi Reality; 2 US Soldiers Wounded; 7 Dead, 22 Injured in Bombings

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President Barack Obama will meet Wednesday, his first day on the job, with his secretary of defense, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff […]

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The Dream of Our Founders will Live On

The Dream of Our Founders will Live On

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that […]

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"They even killed the cats!"

"They even killed the cats!"

Some 50,000 Palestinians have been left homeless by the Israeli war on the people of Gaza, with 400,000 now lacking access to running water. Rebuilding […]

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King’s Anti-Imperialism and the Challenge for Obama

King’s Anti-Imperialism and the Challenge for Obama

The Martin Luther King, Jr. that most Americans know is the man who said, “I have a dream” at a massive rally 250,000 strong in […]

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Abraham, Booker T. and Barack; Three Speeches on the Way from Philadelphia

Abraham, Booker T. and Barack; Three Speeches on the Way from Philadelphia

President-Elect Barack Obama on Saturday evoked Abraham Lincoln’s train procession to Washington DC, the last leg of which took the Great Emancipator from Philadelphia to […]

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Israel Hits Another UN School before Ceasing Fire; On Ethnic and Civic Nationalisms

Israel Hits Another UN School before Ceasing Fire; On Ethnic and Civic Nationalisms

Israeli war planes stayed home on Sunday morning, sparing densely-populated Gaza the intense aerial bombardment to which it had been daily subjected for the previous […]

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Olmert Announces Ceasefire; Mearsheimer on Gaza

Olmert Announces Ceasefire; Mearsheimer on Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced a ceasefire in the Israeli assault on the population of the Gaza Strip, beginning at midnight Saturday, Israeli […]

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3000 Abandoned Cars at Dubai Airport as Economy Turns Down

3000 Abandoned Cars at Dubai Airport as Economy Turns Down

Airport police in Dubai have found some 3,000 abandoned automobiles during the past 4 months, as Indian and other South Asians in the real estate […]

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Bahrain to Build Zero Emissions Skyscraper

Bahrain to Build Zero Emissions Skyscraper

Bahrain is building the world’s first zero carbon emissions skyscraper: ‘ Thomas Lucking, of architectural firm Gerber Architekten, said they have designed a tower which […]

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