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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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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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Inequality alone doesn’t cause civil Unrest – but Internet Access adds the crucial Spark

Inequality alone doesn’t cause civil Unrest – but Internet Access adds the crucial Spark

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Egypt
Egypt's Female Genital Mutilation Shame and the Failure of Prosecution

Egypt’s Female Genital Mutilation Shame and the Failure of Prosecution

Human Rights Watch | — (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities need to take clear action to end the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) following the […]

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Arab Spring
The Workers Movement and Class Struggle in the Egyptian Revolution

The Workers Movement and Class Struggle in the Egyptian Revolution

Middle East Eye “The 2011 Egyptian revolution is usually thought of as an uprising against dictatorship and corruption, with the aim of establishing a European […]

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Christianity
Pope Francis in Turkey calls for interreligious dialogue to stop terrorism

Pope Francis in Turkey calls for interreligious dialogue to stop terrorism

Reuters | — “On the first day of his visit to Turkey, Pope Francis has called for interreligious dialogue “so that there will be an […]

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Arab Spring
Cairo Erupts as Mubarak, Adly Declared Innocent in Deaths of Protesters

Cairo Erupts as Mubarak, Adly Declared Innocent in Deaths of Protesters

By Juan Cole | — An Egyptian court on Saturday found found deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak and his former interior minister Habib Adly not guilty […]

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Humor
The Rolex Caliph's Camel Selfie: How Iraqi Youth are Ridiculing Daesh/ISIL Online

The Rolex Caliph’s Camel Selfie: How Iraqi Youth are Ridiculing Daesh/ISIL Online

By Cathrin Schaer | Berlin | (Niqash.org) — The extremist Islamic State group has been very effective on social media, terrifying their enemies and boosting […]

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Israel
Far-Right Israeli FM Lieberman: Offer Israeli Arabs Money to Move to [Non-Existent] Palestinian State

Far-Right Israeli FM Lieberman: Offer Israeli Arabs Money to Move to [Non-Existent] Palestinian State

Wotchit | — “Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman proposed on Friday that Arab citizens of Israel be offered financial incentives to leave the country and […]

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Apartheid
Israeli soldiers shoot Italian Activist in stomach at rally, wound 11 Palestinians

Israeli soldiers shoot Italian Activist in stomach at rally, wound 11 Palestinians

NABLUS (Ma’an) — An Italian was critically injured along with 11 Palestinians on Friday afternoon after Israeli forces opened live fire on a protest march […]

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Climate Change
What is Climate Change?  World Bank Cartoon on E. Europe impact for your GOP Friends

What is Climate Change? World Bank Cartoon on E. Europe impact for your GOP Friends

World Bank | — “Romania is committed to moving towards a greener and more competitive low carbon economy that makes efficient use of resources and […]

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Oil Price Fall:  Saudi Arabia targets US Shale Oil, Iran, Iraq, Russia

Oil Price Fall: Saudi Arabia targets US Shale Oil, Iran, Iraq, Russia

By Juan Cole It is clear that among the major losers in the fall in the price of Brent crude petroleum from $115 a barrel […]

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