Author Archives: iPouya

Storm over Israeli ‘abuse’ photos

Posted on August 16, 2010 by iPouya

al-Jazeera: A former Israeli soldier has sparked controversy after posting pictures of herself on Facebook posing with bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners. The photographs show Eden Abergil positioned provocatively with the men, prompting lurid comments from other users of the popular … Continue reading →

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Neocon War Plans Undermine Iranians’ Quest for Democracy

Posted on August 14, 2010 by iPouya

The Huffington Post: The “Bomb Iran” crowd, fresh off their historic blunder in Iraq, is now at it again with Iran. As if the daily drumbeat of articles and op-eds advocating war with Iran was not enough, Republicans in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, US-Iran Relations | 2 Comments

Forget Harvard—one of the world’s best undergraduate colleges is in Iran

Posted on August 12, 2010 by iPouya

Newsweek: In 2003, administrators at Stanford University’s Electrical Engineering Department were startled when a group of foreign students aced the notoriously difficult Ph.D. entrance exam, getting some of the highest scores ever. That the whiz kids weren’t American wasn’t odd; … Continue reading →

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Iranian Identity, the ‘Aryan Race,’ and Jake Gyllenhaal

Posted on August 7, 2010 by iPouya

Tehran Bureau: Everybody has heard about Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the recent Walt Disney blockbuster featuring Jake Gyllenhaal in the role of…a prince of Persia. That a rather fair actor with Swedish and Ashkenazi heritage plays the … Continue reading →

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Change for Balance Productions

Posted on August 3, 2010 by iPouya

My friend Roddy is involved with this amazing endeavor and I thought it was worth while to inform you about it. Here’s the link to the site. Here’s some info from their “About” section: Our Mission: Providing high quality media … Continue reading →

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Mosque Near Ground Zero Clears Key Hurdle

Posted on August 3, 2010 by iPouya

I’m not going to say “only in America” because there’s no real way of knowing which country would be so tolerant given the sensitivity of the location, but today is a great day for American religious tolerance. Allowing the mosque … Continue reading →

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Israel cracks down on dissent

Posted on July 29, 2010 by iPouya

See the video from the “only democracy in the Middle East” here.

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Pan-Arab narrative a myth in Lebanon

Posted on July 28, 2010 by iPouya

The Guardian – Excerpt: Anger towards Lebanon is brewing in Sudan and in Sudanese online forums. According to reports in the Arab media, a fundraising party held by Sudanese immigrants and asylum seekers in Beirut in aid of a child … Continue reading →

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Trailer: The Social Network

Posted on July 22, 2010 by iPouya

See the trailer here.

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Trailer: “The Tillman Story”

Posted on July 22, 2010 by iPouya

See the trailer here.

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What if the Tea Party was black?

Posted on July 22, 2010 by iPouya

Gotta love this video.

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Arab man who posed as a Jew to seduce woman to consensual sex convicted of rape

Posted on July 21, 2010 by iPouya

His only crime was that he was an Arab man who slept with a Jewish woman… if this is the only “democracy in the Middle East” then the Middle East has extremely low standards – Haaretz:  An Arab resident of … Continue reading →

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Netanyahu recording leaked…

Posted on July 19, 2010 by iPouya

al-Jazeera: A recently-revealed tape has shown Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, discussing ways to undermine the Oslo Accords and calling the United States “easy” to manipulate…. Netanyahu – who did not hold political office when the recording was made – was … Continue reading →

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The Green Movement and the Working Class

Posted on July 12, 2010 by iPouya

Here’s an interesting interview at Tehran Bureau on the working class and the Green Movement: “The Green Movement cannot succeed unless it raises social justice demands, which include workers’ demands at the center. During the Khatami era, Reformists failed because … Continue reading →

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Israeli Human Rights Group: The truth about Israel’s land grab in the West Bank

Posted on July 7, 2010 by iPouya

The Independent: Jewish settlers, who claim a divine right to the whole of Israel, now control more than 42 per cent of the occupied West Bank, representing a powerful obstacle to the creation of a Palestinian state, a new report … Continue reading →

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