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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’

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

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Sunnis Kill 10, Kidnap 50 Shiites; GIs face Sniper Fire CBS News and the Associated Press report that on Saturday: ‘(CBS/AP) Sunni gunmen ambushed a […]

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Democratic Senate Ponders Iraq Massive Bombings Shake Shiite districts in Baghdad Since the Democrats now have a majority in the Senate, Barbara Slavin writes, they […]

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