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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

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Iran’s A Separation Wins Big at Golden Globes [and the Oscars!]

January 16, 2012 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on January 16, 2012. Last night at the Golden Globe Awards, Iran’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film, “A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)” took home

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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

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Memory and Public Space in Tehran

December 5, 2011 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on December 5, 2011. Tehran is a city infused with politics. Every other street is named after a martyr of the Iran-Iraq war, and

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Terrorism or Thought Crimes?

November 18, 2011 by Alex Shams

Originally published in the Harvard Crimson. The latest chapter in the assault on American civil liberties has begun, and this time it is unfolding in a courthouse in downtown Boston.

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Arash, Melody, & Transnational Youth Identity

November 2, 2011 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on December 2, 2011. Transnational Iranian youth identity today has rather tenuous bonds, a fact lamented by elders who point to language, religion, or

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Tahrir Comes to Wall Street

October 26, 2011 by Alex Shams

Originally published in the Harvard Crimson. Another world is possible. This was the message carried by the thousands of protesters who swelled New York’s Times Square a little over a

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A Nail in the Coffin of Liberal Zionism

September 28, 2011 by Alex Shams

Originally published in the Harvard Crimson. President Barack Obama’s speech before the United Nations last Friday was nothing short of a nightmare for the many Americans who had been hoping

Iranian Women Rapping and Kicking Ass

Iran’s A Separation Wins Big at Golden Globes [and the Oscars!]

Tehran from 435 Meters: The View from Geisha

Memory and Public Space in Tehran

Terrorism or Thought Crimes?

Arash, Melody, & Transnational Youth Identity

Tahrir Comes to Wall Street

A Nail in the Coffin of Liberal Zionism

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