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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

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

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