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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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Is Capture Of Saddam Bad News For Bush

Is the Capture of Saddam Bad News for Bush? William Pfaff argues in the International Herald Tribune that there are lots of reasons that Saddam’s […]

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Student Chants In Mosul For Those

Student Chants in Mosul For those interested in crowd behavior, I note from al-Hayat the chants of student protesters in Mosul below. They are really […]

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College Professors in Mosul Strike The professors at Mosul University announced a general strike on Tuesday, demanding an increase in pay. They were protesting that […]

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3 Us Soldiers Wounded 1 Iraqi Policeman

3 US Soldiers Wounded, 1 Iraqi Policeman Killed and 1 Wounded; 7 Protesters Killed; Demonstrations and Counter-Demonstrations Throughout Iraq Guerrillas set off a roadside bomb […]

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On Point I was on NPR’s On Point Tuesday evening. I was surprised to find the other guests reporting an attitude in the CPA and […]

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Saddam May attempt to Implicate US Mark Matthews of the Baltimore Sun points out that Saddam may attempt to implicate Western powers and US political […]

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New Political Map Of Us Implication For

New Political Map of the US: Implication for Elections and Iraq Robert David Sullivan, writing in The Commonwealth, has proposed a new political map of […]

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Sandwich Analysis of “Got’im” News Conference: Tom Engelhardt Journalist Tom Engelhardt’s Tomdispatch.com caught something important about the news conference that announced Saddam’s capture in his […]

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