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Sectarian War or Political Mistake?

August 24, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally Published in Andisheh-ye Pouya, Tir 1393.

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Next Year in Tehran

February 20, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published on The New Inquiry on Feb. 20, 2014. An Iranian intellectual’s trip to Israel in the 1960s revealed the strange appeal of secular republicanism to religious ethno-supremacists In March

Iran Opinion

From Tehran to Newcastle: “I Am Nasrine” and the Politics of Telling Migrant Narratives

February 10, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published on February 10, 2014 by Ajam Media Collective. “I Am Nasrine” is the first feature length-film from Iranian-British Director Tina Gharavi. Newly available on DVD, the BAFTA-nominated film

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

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

Iran Opinion

No, Iran Didn’t Just Ban Women From Universities.

August 22, 2012 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on August 22, 2012. I awoke yesterday morning to a barrage of excited, fearful, and shocked emails and messages demanding to understand why Iran had

Iran Reporting

Welcome to Qom: City of Samosas and Mullah Factories

March 8, 2012 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on March 8, 2012. The first glimpses of Qom are always a let-down. The approach begins about an hour into the journey south on

Iran Opinion

Iranian Women Rapping and Kicking Ass

January 19, 2012 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on January 19, 2011. A few months ago TM Bax released its newest music video, “Tehran Mal-e Mast.” The video itself is a great

Iran Opinion

Tehran from 435 Meters: The View from Geisha

December 27, 2011 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on December 27, 2011. Tehran is a city defined by a distinctly “Islamic modernity.” Although some have said it is not an “interesting” city

Sectarian War or Political Mistake?

Next Year in Tehran

From Tehran to Newcastle: “I Am Nasrine” and the Politics of Telling Migrant Narratives

15 Ways Sanctions Hurt Ordinary Iranians

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

No, Iran Didn’t Just Ban Women From Universities.

Welcome to Qom: City of Samosas and Mullah Factories

Iranian Women Rapping and Kicking Ass

Tehran from 435 Meters: The View from Geisha

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