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Palestine Reporting

Global Palestinian ‘Right to Education Week’ kicks off at Birzeit

November 12, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on November 12, 2013. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A week of events focusing on the Palestinian Right to Education kicked off Monday afternoon at Birzeit

Palestine Reporting

Women-only cafes offer new visions of Palestinian public space

November 2, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on November 2, 2013. Discreetly located at the foot of a staircase, the cafe offers a familiar scene: shisha pipes are stacked neatly on

Palestine Reporting

World Bank: Israel control of Area C costs Palestine $3.4 bln annually

October 8, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on October 8, 2013. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s control over the largest part of the occupied West Bank deprives the Palestinian economy of an

Palestine Reporting

Tel Aviv conference plans for Palestinian return

October 4, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on Ocrober 4, 2013. TEL AVIV (Ma’an) — There are few topics that scare the Israeli public more than the potential realization of the

Iran Opinion

15 Ways Sanctions Hurt Ordinary Iranians

October 3, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on October 3, 2013. Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has been placed under increasingly harsh rounds of sanctions by the US, the European Union, and the United

Opinion

Picturing the Iranian Everyday: An Interview with the Photographers Behind “Humans of Tehran”

August 10, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on August 10, 2013. It seems that just about every other week another Western journalist “discovers” Iran and its “manically welcoming” people (actual quote), explaining to

Opinion

Filming America 1979: Iranian-American Memories of the Year Our Lives Turned Upside Down

August 1, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on August 1, 2013. The first part of the following piece is written by Ajam Co-Editor-in-Chief Alex Shams and is an introduction to guest contributor Lila

Opinion

From Tehran to Homs: Musical Solidarity & Revolutionary Culture in a Time of Siege

February 23, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on February 23, 2013. The Syrian Revolution is approaching it’s first anniversary and the situation is looking bloodier by the day. In a not

Iran Opinion

Seeing Through the Haze: the Politics of Reporting Sanctions and Smog in Tehran

January 24, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on January 24, 2013. This winter has been a particularly rough one in Tehran. For the third year in a row, air pollution has

Opinion

Ferdowsi’s Legacy: Examining Persian Nationalist Myths of the Shahnameh

January 17, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on January 17, 2013. A tribute to Ajam Media Collective’s name and inspiration, this post was written by Ajam’s editors, Alex Shams, Rustin Zarkar, and Beeta Baghoolizadeh.