Archive - May 14, 2011

STUBBORN WALLS: Ben Gurion, Hussein, Nasser interviews on ME Peace Process

Interviews from 1956 of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion Of Israel, President Nasser of Egypt and King Hussein of Jordan, show some things never change>>>

فیلم شیرین،اثری از عباس کیارستمی

همه بازیگران فیلم به جز ژولیت بینوش، ایرانی و همگی از هنرپیشگان حرفه‌ای سینما هستند. در فیلم شیرین زنان هنرپیشه تک تک در برابر دوربین ظاهر شده و نگاه‌ها و واکنش‌های خود را به نمایش گذاشته‌اند. >>>

Darkness vs Darkness

As I write at this very moment I am deeply disturbed by the thought that Ameneh Bahrami might be personally partaking in an act that is indeed making the whole world blind in it's most literal sense. In 2004 Ameneh suffered a very vicious acid attack in Iran by a suitor whom she had turned down multiple times. She lost both eyes, and much of her face as a result of this horrific attack and has spent the last 6 years of her life in hospitals where she has undergone 19 reconstructive surgeries>>>

Closed Kingdom

As night falls in villages around Bahrain’s capital Manama, candlelight flickers in the dusty streets. Small groups of locals hold peaceful protests. There is an air of fear given what has taken place. Sometimes, the vigils are targeted by police, dispersed with tear gas. But worse, the night time also brings security force raids where people are ripped out of their beds and dragged away in front of screaming wives and children. This is Bahrain since the Government imposed Martial Law on March 15>>>

Spaces of Resistance

We have seen in this article how three interwoven ideologies - patriarchal, technocratic and capitalist – have colonized the spaces of motherhood in the 21st century Western society. Given the sexual division of labour, it is predominantly men who design reproductive technologies aimed at women. These technologies have little connection with women’s actual needs and can be harmful to their health and independence>>>