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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

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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’

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

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Dr. Strangelove in Afghanistan: an Advice Column for the Praetorian Surveillance State

Dr. Strangelove in Afghanistan: an Advice Column for the Praetorian Surveillance State

By Tom Engelhardt Col. Manners Answers Your Questions on the Etiquette of War, Nuclear Threats, and Surveillance By Colonel Manners (with a helping hand from […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Feinstein & Rogers justify NSA Spying with Syrian Rebels (Voted to Arm Syrian Rebels)

Feinstein & Rogers justify NSA Spying with Syrian Rebels (Voted to Arm Syrian Rebels)

Senator Diane Feinstein and Rep. Mike Rogers took to the airwaves on Sunday to warn that Americans are less safe than two years ago and […]

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Photo of the Day: Palestinian Bedouin outside Jerusalem, 1930

Photo of the Day: Palestinian Bedouin outside Jerusalem, 1930

from Elia Photo Service via Mashriq Note that when this picture was taken the British counted roughly a million Palestinians in British Mandate Palestine, scheduled […]

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Egypt
Egyptian Constitution:  Army Strengthened, Religious Parties Banned, Freedom of Belief, Speech Enshrined

Egyptian Constitution: Army Strengthened, Religious Parties Banned, Freedom of Belief, Speech Enshrined

Over half the articles of the proposed constitution for Egypt were approved by the “Committee of 50” on Saturday. The rest will be taken up […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel to Ethnically Cleanse 70,000 Palestinians in Massive Negev Land Grab

Israel to Ethnically Cleanse 70,000 Palestinians in Massive Negev Land Grab

Determined to derail the US press for peace negotiations with the Palestinians, the far-right Likud government of Israel is moving ahead with among the biggest […]

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Egypt: Military Regime arrests Dissident Ahmad Maher of April 6 Youth

Egypt: Military Regime arrests Dissident Ahmad Maher of April 6 Youth

Activist Ahmad Maher turned himself in to Egyptian police on Saturday. He and the April 6 organization played a major role in the 2011 revolution […]

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Tamikrest, "Imanin bis Zihoun" (Tuareg Rock Band from Mali)

Tamikrest, “Imanin bis Zihoun” (Tuareg Rock Band from Mali)

Tamikrest is a Tuareg rock band from Mali who sing for peace and reconciliation in that troubled country. They also just played at the annual […]

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Thousands of Egyptians Protest Anti-Protest Law

Thousands of Egyptians Protest Anti-Protest Law

On Friday, thousands of Egyptians protested Egypt’s Draconian anti-protest law. Most were Muslim Brothers, but leftists and liberals also rejected the law, which requires protesters […]

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