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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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Sadrists: Iraqi Military Breaking Ceasefire

Sadrists: Iraqi Military Breaking Ceasefire

The USG Open Source Center translates a transcript of al-Sharqiya Television interview with Sadr Movement official Salah al-Obeidi in which he charges that the Iraqi […]

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McCain on YouTube

McCain on YouTube

Robert Greenwald presents McCain clips, entertainingly.

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US Soldier Killed in Iraq; Qur’an Desecrated; Maliki Said to Replace Division Commander

US Soldier Killed in Iraq; Qur’an Desecrated; Maliki Said to Replace Division Commander

The LA Times reports: ‘ A U.S. soldier was killed Sunday and another injured when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Salahuddin […]

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Sunday Blogivision; McCain calls for Negotiations with Hamas

Sunday Blogivision; McCain calls for Negotiations with Hamas

Some telling video clips for a lazy Sunday: Via Josh Marshall’s TPM Veracifier: John McCain says the US will have to negotiate with Hamas at […]

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Iraq
Fallujah Bombing Kills 4 Police; Al-Maliki offers Amnesty; Honor Killings of Iraqi Women Rise

Fallujah Bombing Kills 4 Police; Al-Maliki offers Amnesty; Honor Killings of Iraqi Women Rise

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki offered an amnesty in Mosul to those guerrillas who lay down their arms and accept money from him. Also, a bombing […]

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Iraq
McCain Unit Rolled out; Funeral Bombing Toll Rises to 25; Baghdad Governor’s Convoy Blown Up;

McCain Unit Rolled out; Funeral Bombing Toll Rises to 25; Baghdad Governor’s Convoy Blown Up;

VOA reports that on May 15, ‘Clashes in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad’s Sadr City district have left at least seven people dead, despite a deal […]

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Is Obama the Apostate, or is Bush? A Reply to Luttwak

Is Obama the Apostate, or is Bush? A Reply to Luttwak

I’ve been traveling again and so only just saw Edward Luttwak’s ridiculous column about Barack Obama being considered an “apostate” in the Muslim world. It […]

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Cole & the BBC Doha Debates

Cole & the BBC Doha Debates

As I was setting off for some conferences in the UK last April, I got an invitation from Tim Sebastian to come participate in the […]

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Puzzle of Bombings in Jaipur

Puzzle of Bombings in Jaipur

The bombings that shook Jaipur and killed 80 innocents are not immediately legible as ordinary politics. Most previous such bombings (Bombay, Hyderabad) have been in […]

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