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Qom: Land of samosas and talebe factories

Posted on August 31, 2011 by alexrezashams

Originally published on Mashallah News. The first glimpses of Qom are always a let-down. The approach begins about an hour into the journey south on the Tehran-Qom road, when, after

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A community in grief and rage: Nepalese and Lebanese hold vigil for deceased migrant worker

Posted on May 22, 2011 by alexrezashams

Published on Hibr in May 2011. A large banner bearing a death announcement fluttered in the wind last Sunday beside an apartment in Jdeideh as some thirty people gathered nearby

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Beirut’s revolutionary space: Martyr’s Square

Posted on May 14, 2011 by alexrezashams

Originally published in Mashallah News on May 14, 2011. “Think Lebanese, think secular” The Arab and global audience has borne witness in recent months to massive pitched battles in the central

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