Iran's Green Movement began in 2009 when citizen groups accused government officials of altering outcomes in national elections. Citizens and activists gathered in the streets to protest and also relied on social networks such as Twitter to disseminate their message and coordinate action. When the government sought to control media reports of what ... Continue reading »
Ordinarily my roundups concentrate on the most interesting military developments. An almost endless tide of rebel victories--even minor ones--suggest where this conflict is going. However, today I've tried to focus on three non-military bellweathers that have come to the fore recently and point to the same conclusion. Michael Weiss: UNUSUAL NUM ... Continue reading »
The history of medicine in Iran is as old and as rich as its civilization. In the Avesta, science and medicine rise above class, ethnicity, nationality, race, gender and religion. Some of the earliest practices of ancient Iranian medicine have been documented in the Avesta and other Zoroastrian religious texts. During the Achaemenid era (559-330 ... Continue reading »
Mahmoud “Max” Kashefi* Using the characteristics and the demands of the recent uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa or so called “Arab Spring,” this study questions the significance of some propositions deduced from Huntington’ popular theory of “The Clash of Civilizations.” The research asserts that globalization, especially the developme ... Continue reading »
From New Dehli to the war on women here, sexual freedom has sparked a global conflict. An expert explains why ... BY TRACY CLARK-FLORY Women’s bodies have become a global battlefield. The brutal New Delhi gang rape case, and the fierce protests it sparked, is just one example. From education of Afghan schoolgirls to veiling in France, fema ... Continue reading »
The Iranian family system is a united, closed, and orderly one; it is kept together by a sense of obligation and mutual trust, as well as vested family interests. In contrast to Western families, and specifically American families, Iranian families place emphasis on extended family and financial, emotional, and social security, whereas America ... Continue reading »
Here's a reading list and e-library where we can all contribute. Everyone, post your favorite books, links to online books, etc. Here are some I am suggesting: 1. Fiction: -The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoevsky -The Plague, Albert Camus -Invitation to a Beheading, Vladimir Nabokov 2. Science/Psychology: -The Moral Animal, Robert Wright -The Blind W ... Continue reading »
"All power comes from a divine source". This is one of the criteria in Bob Altemayer's conception of the authoritarian mind (1981, 1988, 1997) . It assumes that power is divine in origin; following the orders of a person in the position of authority is obeying God, and vice versa, disobeying authority is disobeying God. In the minds of those h ... Continue reading »
As an Iranian-American, I feel like I can provide an observation on our culture. We, as a whole, have an identity problem. Blame it on Islam, on invasions, on whatever; it is there and it is real. I blame it more on familial enmeshment; perhaps it is because I'm a psychologist. Allow me to explain. Politics and society are the expressions of ... Continue reading »
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